Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading up this organization in the Reagan administration - I can say that conservatives don't exactly break their necks to tell blacks that they're welcome.

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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...

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' 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 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...

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 think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what...

I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what...

We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we...

We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we...

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

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...

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be...

But what I believe is that if a person's individual rights or right to be...

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...

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 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...

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...

Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to...

Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to...

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...

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is...

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is...