"I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right."

"The Republican Party does not reach out."

"It's wrong to kill."

"We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up."

"We've begun to get justice."

"I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for."

"Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us."

"Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one."

"I'm for economic independence."

"This is a racist country."

"Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11."

"The Republican Party is not inclusive."

"The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican."

"I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive."

"So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else."

"Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong."

"I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away."

"Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win."

"I don't believe in welfare."

"I'm against abortion."

"Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black."

"The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin."

"I feel there should be blacks in every Party."

"I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby."

"I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent."

"I'm for prayer in schools."

"The main thing I believe in is freedom."

"We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get away with it."

"Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you."

"I'm a Republican, by the way."