We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.

If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.

My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.

I am very fortunate, and I never stopped being thankful.

Love each other. Regard each other as members of one family.

But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he is a statesman.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

The future seems to be in good hands, it's the past I'm worried about.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.

I won't give up the diary again. I must hold on here, it is the only place I can.

A maid that laughs is half taken.

Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves.