The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.

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.

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

I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.