Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Just like Rosa Parks, Cindy Sheehan has triggered a public policy debate that's bigger than her as a personality,

Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.