America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system. – Henry Louis Gates
It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West
Its so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. – and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear Manic Monday on the radio, and you dont even know this person, and theyre listening to it and singing along with it. Wow! Blows your mind. – Debbi Peterson