But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well.
I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida - the worst place on earth.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was one of the worst boxing matches I've ever seen, but millions of people watched it because of the personalities involved.
I never was a great sports player. In fact, in fourth grade, I had the second to the worst softball throw.
The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.
I had a wacky job driving a forklift for an air freight company. That was the worst.
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
Stage fright is my worst problem.
The fumes produced by frying bacon contain carcinogens called nitrosamines. Though all meat may release potentially carcinogenic fumes, processed meat such as bacon may be the worst.
One of the worst things you can do if you're worried about breast cancer is to cook beef, pork, fish or poultry at a high temperature - which includes frying, grilling and roasting.
I was the worst game show host that ever lived, and I knew it.
Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.
I don't actually think 'The Selfish Gene' is a very good title. I think that's one of my worst titles.
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
President Trump not only lies with astonishing temerity and abandon, but those lies connect into equally false narratives that gin up the worst fears and prejudices of his base.
There's a lot of glorification of startups and being a founder. People brush the failures under the rug, but that's the worst thing you can do. You kind of have to face it head on.
Putin regards Stalin as a great tsar; he is a great tsar. Asked who the worst tsars were, he said Nicholas II and Gorbachev.
Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.