My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

The truth of the matter is we have become more interested in designer jeans and break dancing than we are in obligations and responsibilities.

We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

I actually think that I have been fortunate to have had misfortune, because the response, in responding to the misfortune, you develop in your own life, you develop sort of the tools you need to continue on, or to do better.

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.

But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opinions.