One of the challenges, I think, is that Americans are not sufficiently vested in foreign policy.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

You may hate me from your heart but I will continue to love you to touch your heart.

Good deeds awaken the good spirit of every soul.

What a difference having a friend makes.

The key to successful social behaviour: be approachable and understand the needs of others.

I think it's hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication.

You want some? Come get some!

Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.

The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten.