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

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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 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...

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

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

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

I do think that our freedoms are at risk.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...