I do think that all politicians today have to be more attentive to people wanting to be heard, wanting to have more control over their lives.

If Mr. [Donald] Trump is up 10 or 15 points on Election Day and ends up losing, then, you know, maybe he can raise some questions. That doesn't seem to be the case at that moment.

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

And I’ve said this all across the country when I talk to parents about education, government has to fulfill its obligations to fund education, but parents have to do their job too. We’ve got to turn off the TV set, we’ve got to put away the video game, and we have to tell our children that education is not a passive activity, you have to be actively engaged in it. If we encourage that attitude and our community is enforcing it, I have no doubt we can compete with anybody in the world.

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.

You have countries like India that have tried to help untouchables, with essentially affirmative-action programs, but it hasn't fundamentally changed the structure of their societies.

The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind.