The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.
America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.
I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe.
What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center.
I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.
The ruling class is smarter than you, and they're more creative. And if you forget that lesson, you go down the drain. Because if they weren't, they wouldn't be around as long as they have been and as strong as they have been.
I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?
I think people need housing. And there's empty buildings, I think people should live in there. If you want to call them squatters, trespassers, hey, I call Wall Street thieves!
I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.