"I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that wants to continue their education, they should be able to do that."

"I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level."

"I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color."

"In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."

"True authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The only limit to human potential is the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."