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

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.

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

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

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.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.