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

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" What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible. "

" When I was growing up in rural Alabama, it was impossible for me to register to vote. I didn't become a registered voter until I moved to Tennessee, to Nashville, as a student. "

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

" I'm very hopeful. I am very optimistic about the future. "

" I don't understand it, how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam and cannot send troops to Selma, Alabama, to protect people whose only desire is to register to vote. "

" There's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair. "

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

" I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble. "

" A few days after Bloody Sunday, there was demonstration in more than 80 American cities. People were demanding that the government act. "

" 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. "

" I would say the country is a different country. It is a better country. The signs I saw when I was growing up are gone and they will not return. In many ways the walls of segregation have been torn down. "

" If you ask me whether the election of Barack Obama is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream, I say, 'No, it's just a down payment.' "

" You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people. "

" I was honored to have an opportunity to speak on August 28th, 1963. "

" The party of Kennedy is also the party of Eastland. The party of Javits is also the party of Goldwater. "

" Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process. "

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

" I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat. "

" You have to be persistent. "

" I grew up in rural Alabama, 50 miles from Montgomery, in a very loving, wonderful family: wonderful mother, wonderful father. We attended church; we went to Sunday school every Sunday. "

" The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society. "

" Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made. "

" Too many of us still believe our differences define us. "

" Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division. "

" Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles and aunts could not register to vote because each time they attempted to register to vote, they were told they could not pass the literacy test. "

" When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something. "

" We need comprehensive immigration reform. Dr. King wouldn't be pleased at all to know that there are millions of people living in the shadow, living in fear in places like Georgia and Alabama. "

" There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly multiracial, democratic society that maybe can emerge as a model for the rest of the world. "

" There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too far; we've made too much progress to stop or to pull back. We must go forward. And I believe we will get there. "

" When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio. "