Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

And the president should be doing more about education than saying, 'Lights, camera, action.'

Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception.

America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And the only way we can do that is to try to bring everybody together to a higher place.

One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people revolted against it.

Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

I think a lot of people think I was born in a blue suit, on the David Brinkley show. And that isn't me. I am much more that kid who grew up in South St. Louis, in a very modest household, with a simple background with parents who didn't get through high school.