The rich would do better with a smaller share of a rapidly growing economy then they're doing now with a large share of an economy that is barely growing at all.

Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society.

The fastest growing occupation in the private sector is security guards. The fastest growing occupation in the public sector is prison guards. (1992)

Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.

The presidency is probably the loneliest office in America. Regardless of your friends, regardless of how good your marriage is, regardless of anything, you are alone there at the top.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

One thing I've learned from 35 years in the classroom is that people learn best when they are laughing, when they are emotionally hit, that it's both the brain and the heart.