I'm sort of in this rhythm where we want to make the most of the time we have, but when it's done it will be time for it to be done.

We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union.

The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

I like to think that with me, what you see is what you get, and you can like or dislike it, it's up to you, but it's straight. That's something that I pride myself on.

We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.