In the African-American community, there's a sense that the passive indifference that's shown towards the folks in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans or on the West Side of Chicago or in Harlem ... is as bad as active malice, |
In the end, ... that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism, or do we participate in a politics of hope? |
In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, now you have these dispersed power centers, ... They are clearly still working out the kinks. |
Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy. |
It could have potentially that kind of effect. |
it ended up not being a very big deal. |
It gave you a sense that strong, capable black men were out there and you didn't have to assume that your fate was automatically working in some menial job or getting involved in crime, |
It is very important to recognize that the money that we spend now will not be wasted even if this particular strain of the virus, H5N1, ends up not becoming a pandemic flu, ... We know that over the next two, three decades there will be a pandemic flu. That's almost certain. |
It is way too simplistic just to say this administration doesn't care about black people, |
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today. |
It was apparent on the first day that blacks were disproportionately impacted, and I felt it was important to help frame how we think about that issue, ... I was outraged and heartbroken by what happened and felt anxious. I felt like I needed to do something. |
It's a good reminder of the fact that highly rational people can be engaged in a highly irrational purpose, ... I'm reminded what Einstein said: Our wisdom has not caught up with our technology. |
It's been sort of a whirlwind, |
It's one thing when you're reading about a nuclear site in a book. It's another thing to be able to describe what I've seen, ... You realize as a senator there are so many issues out there tugging on people, you've got to make things vivid for them in order to capture people's attention. |
It's puzzling, given his immediate response during 9/11, that he did not feel a greater sense of empathy toward the folks that were experiencing this enormous disaster, ... This Week. |