There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems.

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

Education is the vaccine for violence.

A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint.

At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent.

We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.

Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.

I want to show how strong I am from my roots.

Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.

And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.

You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it.

I'm here to make sense.

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.

Education is a vacine for violence.

Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia.

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.

And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.

Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.

I don't support violence, period.

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does.

I'm always pleased when people respond to the work.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

I love to drive. It's one of the most pleasurable things to me.

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally.

I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly European, not African.

I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.

I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike.

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.

Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights - compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which they were bought and sold on the market.

An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.