"Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress."

"Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages."

"Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school."

"The 2000 election exposed some ugly history in our country."

"Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that."

"If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you."

"A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision."

"Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough."

"No voters will be left behind."

"We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices."