Terrorism is in many, many ways the final utterance of voices unheard..

I think there's a lot that the larger society could have been taught or can be taught, but I'm not sure - given how unyielding the larger society has….

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy..

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience..

Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development..

In poor environment, I find great inspiration. Many of the men and women whom I admire as artists, the things they write, the songs they sing, the ad….

I grew up in a school system . . . where nobody understood the meaning of learning disorder. In the West Indies, I was constantly being physically ab….

Each time we arrive at a new level in extricating ourselves from economic, social, spiritual domination, we have a moment when we dance in the world ….

Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression..

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon socia….

America can no longer afford to be as arrogant as we've been. We can no longer exempt ourselves from the global family of concern..

I think being born in America and growing up exclusively within the American boundaries of race and race oppression is a very different experience fo….

The human spirit is resilient and truth - no matter how long you abuse it and how long you try to crush it - will, as Dr. King would say, rise up aga….

Although we had a lot of villainy here in America, Adolf Hitler was certainly the most visible illustration of what would happen if fascism went unch….

Many who have nothing opposed to the few who have everything, and as long as these disparities remain, as long as these distances remain between peop….

I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own community..

Anti-democracy...is a virus that exists, and pro-democracy is the antibody to that virus, and I think we have to become vigilant, and we have to stay….

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit..

The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail..

I'm called a folk singer, and I'm not too sure about that. I went about my life approaching music not from the point of view of a singer, but from th….

I don't find inspiration on Wall Street. I don't find that in Beverly Hills. I don't find that in places where opportunity resides unbridled, and I t….