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

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

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

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

" The press is supposed to serve as a check on government. "

" I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I was only 16 years old - we went down to the public library trying to check out some books, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors. It was a public library. "

" 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.' "

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

" The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. made me very, very sad, and I mourned and I cried like many of our citizens did. "

" You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward. "

" I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall of 1959 and got arrested the first time in February 1960. "

" Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble... good trouble, necessary trouble. "

" 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. "

" I have met every president since President Kennedy. And I think Barack Obama must be listed as one of the best. This young man has been so inspiring - not just to people in America but to people all around the world. "

" If it hadn't been for that march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, there would be no Barack Obama as President of the United States of America. "

" You have to be persistent. "

" To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process. "

" Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. "

" I think President Barack Obama has been a good president. "

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

" 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. "

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

" If someone had told me in 1963 that one day I would be in Congress, I would have said, 'You're crazy. You don't know what you're talking about.' "

" We had teachers, we had high school principals, we had people teaching in colleges and university in Tuskegee, Alabama. But they were told they failed the so-called literacy test. "

" I grew up very poor in rural Alabama. "

" I say to people today, 'You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jails over and over again. And then you holler, 'Be patient.' How long can we be patient? "

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

" We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters. "