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

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I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it...

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

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...

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...

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 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...

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 do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...