I really think that discrimination and racism is a horrible thing. And I don't want any form of it in our government, in our public sphere.

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

Overall do I believe exchange with other cultures is good, people going back and forth is good, trade is good. Yes, all of these things are good. But I think you have to make sure the system's working. We need to know, virtually 100 percent of the time, when you come and when you leave. It's called entry and exit.

The GOP of old has grown old and moss covered.

We don't have enough money to rebuild our own country if we're rebuilding everyone else's countries.

As our voices rise in protest, the NSA monitors your every phone call. if you have a cell phone, you are under surveillance. I believe what you do on your cell phone is none of their damn business.

Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.