I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are illegal now.

I don't really have the luxury to be bitter. I don't have the luxury of having negative things in my life.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

Differences in race, differences in sex, somebody doesn’t look at you right, somebody says something. Everybody is sensitive. If I had been as sensitive as that in the 1960s, I’d still be in Savannah.

In our society, marriage is not simply a governmental institution; it is a religious institution as well, today's decision might change the former, but it cannot change the latter.