I think our dependence on foreign oil is a real problem, potential Achilles heel, and we have to do something about it.

We still go out and elect people who we think are going to govern and better our interests. So we may not have the same confidence in the people we elect, but we still go out and elect them.

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.

Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Prejudice and bigotry are brought down...by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.