"There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots."

"When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution."

"To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing."

"Teaching civility is an obligation of the family."

"More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation."