“I've had some Democrat African-American leaders tell me they're really...” — Rush Limbaugh Quote

“I've had some Democrat African-American leaders tell me they're really not all that comfortable with Obama as the lead at the MLK festivities 'cause he's not down for the struggle. He does not have that in his roots.”

“Obama is from this group that resents the private sector, resents the capitalistic means of production.”

“Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever.”

“One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.”

“Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.”

“Anyone reading contemporary poetry - especially contemporary African-American poetry - will quickly see that race is an enduring subject. What some don't realize is just how diverse the handling of that subject is. It's as diverse as blackness.”