I am very, very hopeful about the American South - I believe that we will lead America to what Dr. King called 'the beloved community.'

I always felt growing up that in the South there was evil but also good - so much good.

I believe in forgiveness; I believe in trying to work with people.

You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out.

Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.

Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope.

We're one people, and we all live in the same house. Not the American house, but the world house.

Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

Sometimes I hear people saying, 'Nothing has changed.' Come and walk in my shoes.

I couldn't say no to A. Philip Randolph and no to Martin Luther King, Jr. These two men, I loved them, I admired them, and they were my heroes.

The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.

It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.

What 'March' is saying is that it doesn't matter whether we are black or white, Latino or Asian. It doesn't matter whether we are straight or gay.

We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.

The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.

The vote controls everything that you do.

Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.

Many young people, many children, are being abused, being put down, being bullied because of their sexual orientation.

I wanted young people to know that I was just a typical child.

Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.

Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.

Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Hispanic, he's the president of all races.