The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.

I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

We're getting to the point where we're impinging on democratic institutions in this country and I think, you know, it takes a certain - not a suspension of disbelief - but willingness to go along with other people to get the ship of state going forward. I'm not sure that happens in a [Donald] Trump presidency, frankly.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.