Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative too conventional. Too safe too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later too often on the back foot.
Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is...
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
