The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.

More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.

Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music and arts programs. They increase the ability of young people to do math. They increase the ability of young people to read. And most important of all, they're a lot of fun.

You cannot have an integrated world and have your say all the time. America can lead the world towards that, but we cannot dominate and run the world in that direction. There is a big difference.

Demand that your government pays more attention. It's immoral that people in Africa die like flies of diseases that no one dies of in the United States. And the more disease there is, the more political unrest there will be, leading to more Darfurs, which the U.S. will have to pay to fix.

I believe that this country's policies should be heavily biased in favor of nondiscrimination.

Nearly everyone will lie to you, given the right circumstances.