They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America.

The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

In 1965, I marched for equality.

And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.

If you intend to change, decide what you want and live your life accordingly.

People tell me how do they want you.. and I JUST DO STUFF... I JUST DO IT... THAT'S A FACT!

Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard but takes the one before it and plays the game.

A worried man could borrow a lot of trouble with practically no collateral.

I became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

It's important to have a voice; it's more important to use it.

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

The biggest idiot you will meet in life will be the person that thinks they know it all.

I was Chairman Maos dog. What he said to bite, I bit.