I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

The President's very shrewd

The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.

Let's face it: Many on the political right believe this president ought not to be there - they oppose him not for his polices and political view but for who he is, an African American!

It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.