"We, the people." It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We, the people."

The earth is bread we take and eat.

The arts are not a frill. The arts are a response to our individuality and our nature, and help to shape our identity. What is there that can transcend deep difference and stubborn divisions? The arts. They have a wonderful universality. Art has the potential to unify. It can speak in many languages without a translator. The arts do not discriminate. The arts lift us up.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.