Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.

Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.

I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith.

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.