Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.

I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren't high.

Actually, there is no more important task for a leader than to pick people. To make sure you have the very best people working for you.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

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

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it