There is such a bias against people who have led successful and/or complicated lives. You know, the divestment of assets, the stripping of all kinds of positions, the sale of stocks. It just becomes very onerous and unnecessary.

Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership -- when politicians choose scorched earth over common ground, when they operate in what I call the 'evidence-free zone,' with ideology trumping everything else.

I don't feel particularly courageous.

We need fair rules of the road, so big corporations can't use their power to gain unfair advantages.

My friends: let us have faith in each other. Let us not grow weary.

Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don't they?

I feel strongly that we have to have an education system that starts with preschool and goes through college. That's why I want more technical education in high schools and in community colleges, real apprenticeships to prepare young people for the jobs of the future.