I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They're just my kind of people.

While the romanticized ideal of universal public education resonates with the cognoscenti who oppose vouchers, poor urban families just want the best education for their children, who will certainly need it to function in our high-tech and advanced society.

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certain water fountains. Well, the water was the same.

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.