Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.

The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. They’re operated as holding pens—miniature jails, really. It’s only when black children start breaking out of their pens and bothering white people that society even pays any attention to the issue of whether these children are being educated.

Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.

Change doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington

I mean, if you think about - if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post Office that's always having problems.

The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.

I want to make sure America has got the best education system in the world. And we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow.