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

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

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?

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.