Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

I will look for a candidate, Republican or Democrat, who seems to be on the way or understands how to resolve the economic difficulties we're having, how to do something about unemployment, how to make sure that we free up our businesses and we don't over-regulate ourselves.