Black Lives Matter: Quotes about George Floyd

Children are never born as racists.

I think what happened here is one of the great inflection points in American history, for real, in terms of civil liberties, civil rights and just treating people with dignity.

As tragic as these past few weeks have been, they offer an opportunity for us to all work together to tackle them, to take them on, to change America and make it live up to its highest ideals.

Donald Trump has turned this country into a battlefield riven by old resentments and fresh fears.

The country is crying out for leadership.

We all watch in horror and consternation what’s going on in the United States. It is a time to pull people together, but it is a time to listen, it is time to learn what injustice is, despite progress over years and decades.

I wish we had somebody in a leadership position in the White House who would bring people together.

I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.

And every day on evening news they feed you fear for free
And you so numb you watch the cops choke out a man like me
And 'til my voice goes from a shriek to whisper, "I can't breathe"
And you sit there in the house on couch and watch it on TV
The most you give's a Twitter rant and call it a tragedy

He's not just divisive. He's a destroyer. To be in his presence makes you die. He will eat you alive for his own purposes. I'm appalled that we have a leader who can't say "black lives matter." That's why he hides in the White House basement. He is a coward. He creates a situation and runs away like a grade-schooler. Actually, I think it's best to ignore him. There is nothing he can do to make this better because of who he is: a deranged idiot.

Please, I can't breathe.