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...
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past but by the responsibility for our future.
