The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition.

The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition.

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.

We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.

We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere.

I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.