You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.