There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.

I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.

If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.

Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.