[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior.... The mere fact that a school is black does not mean that it is the product of an unconstitutional violation.

The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was.

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests.

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.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

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.

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