There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.

There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.

When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty.

Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.

We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.