No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.

The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent on the basis of their gender, or race from opportunities to develop, perform, achieve and contribute. Affirmative action is an effort to develop systematic approach to open the doors of education, employment, and business development opportunities to qualified individuals who happen to be members of groups that have experienced long-standing and persistent discrimination.

What works in the real world is cooperation.

People like change in general, but not in particular.

The worst thing about not being president anymore is I was disoriented for three weeks because nobody every played a song when I walked in.

Let's adopt some short-term strategies to get growth going and then let's have a long-term debt reduction package. That's what I think we should do and I think it will work.