Danny K. Davis

“We borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War, and so there was a debt owed. We paid it. If we have done that for 235 years, if we have done it ever since this country has existed, we can do it again.”

“You go to traffic court in many locations throughout the country, and you can spell justice - J-U-S-T dash U-S. Just us.”

“One of the things about the Constitution - that our forefathers wrote, and basically, there were none of our foremothers that were there. There were none of our fore-sisters there. There are changes that can take place, and there is room to change.”

“Middle school students are at a critical time in their lives when making good choices matters - the decisions they make in these formative years have an impact on their future success.”

“Sickle cell does not have the priority in this country that it had in the 1960s, when I started working on it. Congress has been cutting everything that wasn't nailed down.”

“I don't think you decree political positions.”

“We have to find greater employment for these people with records.”

“The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and economic equality.”

“I've enjoyed a great friendship and relationship and have a tremendous amount of affinity for both the Clintons... and I'd like to keep it that way.”

“People crown kings and queens at homecoming parades all the time. We do a lot of things in our society that are simply symbolic.”

“I have a tendency to campaign positively and campaign on issues, not try to tear someone else down.”

“Many of the young people living in inner-city America don't see themselves - I mean, they even talk about things like death and dying. And there's a tremendous loss of hope. And of all the things to lose, I think nothing is worse or more difficult to overcome than the loss of hope.”

“I try to bridge the gap between police and local communities.”

“I'm not a one-issue person.”

“Everyone who has succeeded in correcting their wrong should have the right to work.”

“To ensure fair competition, there must be effective controls on currency manipulation, and monopoly pricing needs to be outlawed on such items as intellectual property, especially pharmaceuticals.”

“Our nation's multiculturalism is what makes us so special as a nation.”

“My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.”

“It would be wonderful to be a member of the United States Senate.”

“Whether the struggle was between English merchants and the American colonies, pre Civil War northern manufacturers vs. southern slave holders, or American grain farmers and auto manufacturers seeking advantage in the Mexican agriculture and labor markets in the 1990s, U.S. policy has reflected the economic clash of interests of the day.”