The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is,….

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition..

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years..

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education..

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well..

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, n….

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand..

And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those….

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are..

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less t….

In 1965, I marched for equality..

I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality..

And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities t….

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in ….

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer..

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world..

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business..

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat..

The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it..

They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is….