I'm happy and content in my life, and I chalk that up to wonderful parents and a wonderful God.

Multiethnic character of America is very attractive to people. They also see a place where you get ahead, not because of where you came from, but because of where you want to go.

Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

We've organized human potential and have been better at using human potential better than any country on the face of the Earth. That's because we've recognized that our national creed, our national identity, is that it doesn't matter where you're from, it matters where you're going. You can come from hard circumstances and do great things. We've got to make that true for a whole variety of people who no longer feel that.

To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.