It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

It takes a lot of strength to let go.

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.

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.

In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?