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.

But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be a part of our economic system is violated under statute, we aggressively go after it. But we don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that.

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

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

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.

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.