As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

The amazing thing about the winners is that none of them really felt that they were doing anything special. They just felt like it was the right thing to do.

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.

I think one of my father's great legacies is the people that he inspired and the generation that he inspired transformed America through civil rights, women's rights, equal justice, and they've passed that on to their children and grandchildren.

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.