We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.

I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.

If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.

You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from.

We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We will run the country.

I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.