There's a similarity in both being young people who are not about the politics of respectability.

You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who made mistakes but they were trying to change things.

People also don't understand how young the Panthers were - basically teenagers. And that they were over 50 percent women.

I want to be able to tell black people something they don't know, something about our own lives.

Cameras have really made people question the police. People, especially white people, are saying, 'Oh my God, we had no idea.'

When black men started bearing arms, these people who we think of as being pro-gun are saying, 'We ought to change this law.

Race is always tossed into the mix. The unspoken idea is always that white people have a right to carry guns and bear arms.

Once your leaders get corrupted one way or another, it's hard to stop the organization from being corrupted.

You don’t like to talk to people, do you? I mean, slamming the door in my face was a clue that was hard to miss. I’m perceptive like that.

Actually the years when I was playing totally un - well, they were just roles that just went by the board, you wouldn't want to know. But anyway, I'm glad I had that chance to build my craft.

What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener.

When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

For Cave Carson, I have a co-writer, so that takes off a lot of the pressure.

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

I’ve always said that a wise businessperson will support the ANC… because supporting the ANC means you’re investing very well in your business

If you have a sick or lonely person at home, be there. Maybe just to hold a hand, maybe just to give a smile, that is the greatest, the most beautiful work.

It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.