"We've got to get beyond the ways in which the political system has been colonized by corporate wealth and by monied elite."

"Love is not just an emotion, it's a practice. It's a commitment. It's a way of being in the world."

"To be a revolutionary is to be a person of integrity."

"I'm not a Negro, I'm a human being. I'm not a black man, I'm a brother."

"I'm a public intellectual who believes in the power of the prophetic tradition."