And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

In 1965, I marched for 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.

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

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.

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.