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

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.

You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.

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.

If you are explaining, you are losing.

We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them how to read and write, do arithmetic and gain the computer skills necessary to allow them to compete in the global marketplace. If we can get that through the public schools, fine. If we can't, I'm all for parental choice in education to allow that parent to take his/her/their child to a school that is safe and teaches them, even if it is a faith-based school!

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