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Michael C. Haymes Biography

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“You once told me that you can't remember who you want to be,' Memphis said. She came in close, like the day we had first met. 'There are always moments in life when we lose ourselves, but we're never lost. Not really. Sometimes we just can't see who we are, or who we have been, to the people around us--the ones we love, those who love us. Sometimes, you just have to remember that you made it this far. You can go a little longer.”

“America is an idea, a dream rooted in a directed vision that boldly declares that life is not simply meant to be endured but enjoyed through our pursuit of happiness; that liberty and justice are not granted by a privileged few but earned by the oppressed through their devotion toward a more perfect union; and that the progress of inching ever closer toward the sanctity of what America must be takes a multigenerational marathon of endurance, vigilance, and, above all, responsibility.”