I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.

I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

We are living longer, and we need to live better.