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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.