"You know, I'm sure I could have done a lot of things much better, but I will tell you this, Tim: I was there."

“As we think about rebuilding New Orleans, surely, God is mad at America. He's sending hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroying and putting stress on this country. Surely, he's not approval of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But, surely, he is upset at black America, also.”

“They thinking small, man, and this is a major, major deal.”

“Some of these guys are so violent that it is hard for witnesses to come forward, and they get involved in repeat criminal activities, so it is unfortunate that they had to die, but it did kind of end the cycle that we were struggling with.”

“It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.”

“New Orleans was a chocolate city before Katrina. It is going to be a chocolate city after. How is that divisive?”

“They're feeding the people a line of bull, and they are spinning and people are dying.”