So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.

President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights.

If you and I got on an airplane, you're going to L.A., Los Angeles, and I'm going to Senegal, we get there about the same time. The world is just that small. So a world that is so tightly bound by science and technology and now Internet and the web page, that world is too small for bullies. It has no room in that world for arrogance.

We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.

You can't plant a seed and pick the fruit the next morning.

The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture.