"We are all in this thing together. If we truly want to eradicate poverty, if we truly want to create social change, if we truly want to make a difference in our community, we cannot do it on a partisan political basis. If we look at the social movers of our time Gandhi, King, Cesar Chavez, Mother Teresa, respectfully, none were politicians – they were moral leaders who had their vision and a passion to make a difference. So if we really want to make a change, we have to do something really difficult – we have to work together; Democrats and Republicans, Blacks and Whites, Conservatives and Liberals. We have to find a common ground….."
John Hope Bryant