One of the tests of leadership in a diverse society is that you not allow issues like this -- which are complex -- to boil over into angry, polarized debates,

Were all the protests really necessary? People have the right to expect better and more competent leadership than that.

Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership.

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

These are tests. Situations like this give you a benchmark with how society is doing with respect to racial harmony. If society hasn't passed this test, then we have the right to say we still have a problem with racism.

I had heard about them [acid tests] and was deeply offended along with everybody else in my sort of Eastern Orthodox Church of LSD, ... We thought it was a very serious sacrament and should not be handed out in bathtubs for people to drink as much as they want.