But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be a part of our economic system is violated under statute, we aggressively go after it. But we don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got…

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When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not...

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not...

Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading...

Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading...

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not...

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not...

The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself...

The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself...

But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the...

But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the...

I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

I' been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old...

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old...

And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live...

And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live...

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas...

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas...

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about...

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about...

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being...

It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being...

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not...

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not...

Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed...

Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed...

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly...

When you look at where the real problems are among minorities in our society, particularly...

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off...

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off...