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

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility.

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.

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.