I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.

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

I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.

I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.

In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.

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.