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.

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

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been motivated, in part, by good intentions cannot provide refuge from the principle that under our Constitution, the government may not make distinctions on the basis of race.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it.

The only people who have quick answers don't have the responsibility of making the decisions.