Hope Is The Best Contraceptive.

When I Fight About What Is Going On In The Neighborhood, Or When I Fight About What Is Happening To Other People’s Children, I’m Doing That Because I Want To Leave A Community And A World That Is Better Than The One I Found.

I Grew Up In A Very Religious Family And It Is The Motivating Force To Every Thing I Do. I Am Fortunate To Have Had Adults All Around Me Who Really Lived Their Faith, In Helping Other People And Doing The Best You Can Do.

Dr. King Used To Say, 'i Was Sitting In The Back Of The Bus, But My Mind Was Always Up Front.' Don't Let Anybody Tell You That You Can't Do It. You Aim High And You Work Very Hard And Now I Think It's Clear That You Can Be Anything You Want To.

Investing In [children] Is Not A National Luxury Or A National Choice. It's A National Necessity. If The Foundation Of Your House Is Crumbling, You Don't Say You Can't Afford To Fix It While You're Building Astronomically Expensive Fences To Protect It From Outside Enemies. The Issue Is Not Are We Going To Pay - It's Are We Going To Pay Now, Up Front, Or Are We Going To Pay A Whole Lot More Later On.

The Civil-rights Movement Was Completely Impossible To Achieve. But Look At What Ordinary People Were Able To Do Because They Were Willing To Sacrifice Their Lives To Stay With It. They Didn't Expect A Political Process To Respond To Them. They Made The Political Process Respond To Them. To Say "it's So Bad I Won't Bother" Is To Give Up On Your Children And Give Up On Your Future.