We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

My job was to bring down the government, and I did that.

The back and forth between the press and government is essential to any good democracy.

President Obama's first term in office has been better for intentions than for actual changes in planning and policy. I do believe, and he has several things to this effect, that he would like to provide universal preschool or at least far more preschool for our children.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.