I don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to make their sentiments public.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.

I appreciate the gesture, but you don't have to undress in order to apologize

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.

The miracle of birth is divine.

My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.

However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.

Man finally knows that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the Universe, from which he emerged by accident.

And I make no apology for linking my thinking with computer technology.

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.