I Didn't Kill Innocent People.

Frederick Douglass Ran A Primary Campaign Against [abraham Lincoln] The Second Time Around, In 1864. They Hated Him. Why'd They Hate Him? Because He Said Things Like "i Believe In White Supremacy."

After I Had Known [barack Obama] For A While, I Remember Saying To My Partner, "you Know, This Guy Is Really Ambitious, I Think He Wants To Be Mayor Of Chicago." That Was The Limit Of My Imagination.

I Spoke At The University Of Georgia, And A Whole Contingent Of Tea Party People In Hell's Angels Regalia Came In And Sat In The Front And Scowled At Me While I Gave My Talk. And Afterwards The Head Of The Group Got To The Microphone And Said, I'm Surprised That I Agree With Almost Everything You Said, But I'm Worried That You're A Big Government Guy.

I Was Arrested 1965. I Had Come Back From The Merchant Marines, Got Into Conversations About The War. I Had Never Heard Of Vietnam Until I Was In The Merchant Marines In Constitution Square In Athens, And I Picked Up The New York Herald Or The International Herald Tribune And There Was My First Introduction Of The Word Vietnam.

Every Politician - Fdr, Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama - They're All Conservative By Nature. They Are Part Of The Big Thing And They're Moving In A Very Constrained World.