To green our country, regular people will have to put on hard hats and work boots, roll up their sleeves - and get to work.

The problem that we have in America now is, some people only see the positive stuff and wave off the toxic stuff, and some people only see the toxic stuff and wave off the positive stuff. You can't have an honest conversation.

The boundless capacity of the African American spirit in this country to say Hallelujah anyhow, to use our joy as a weapon, to use our creativity as a weapon, to use our moral clarity and our deep experience as a weapon not just to save Black people but to save all of these people.

There's no higher honor, in my estimation, than being asked to serve in the White House.

I'm not calling for redistributing wealth; I'm calling for reinvigorating our stuck energy sector, so some new entrepreneurs can create some new wealth.

When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong.

You don't get lower ratings playing the villain on reality TV.