You have to be careful how you’re using the word boycott.

You’re in love, that’s what your problem is.

You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give

What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.

Terrorism is not new to black people.

You're in love, that's what your problem is.

I want to say absolutely and unequivocally that Ms. Lewinsky told me in no uncertain terms that she did not have a sexual relationship with the president. At no time did I ever say, suggest or intimate to her that she should lie.

Where institutions in corporate America have, in fact, committed, you see the results. And where there is no commitment, the results are bad.

My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.