I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

The goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who had brutalized them for 400 years.

The black man in Africa had mastered the arts and sciences. He knew the course of the stars in the universe before the man up in Europe knew that the earth wasn't flat.

Middle school students are at a critical time in their lives when making good choices matters - the decisions they make in these formative years have an impact on their future success.

The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.

I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change my image, change my name and move to New York.

During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come.