In our democracy, near equality is no equality. Government either treats everyone the same, or it doesn't. And right now it doesn't.

When it comes to public school education, we have been unwilling to measure our results. We've been unwilling to pay based on performance. We have tenure where, even if you can't teach, you can't get fired. We've been unwilling to invest in new schools.

I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.

When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.

I'm not going to talk about supporting somebody for a long time. I don't know who the two party candidates are going to be.

Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.

I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's going to have to find a way to get on the agenda.