I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues.

Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul.

I'm a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

To cheapen the lives of any group of men, cheapens the lives of all men, even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be merciful to our blindness.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.