I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.

Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.

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.

There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.