I Want To Attract The Best People

My Car Was Broken Into Four Times Before It Was Stolen. That Can Drive You Nuts - The Repetition. I'd Wake Up Every Morning And Put On My Jeans Over My Pajamas To Run Down And See If My Car Was Still On The Street. That's Not A Pleasant Way To Live.

I Went To The Public Schools Myself. And They Were Great For Me.

In Education, I'm Going To Try To Find What Works. One Thing I Want To Do Is Improve The Quality Of Teachers. There Are A Lot Of People Who Want To Go Into Teaching; It's Fundamentally A Very Fulfilling Profession. But People Don't Feel They Have Financial Support. We Pay Starting Teachers In Particular Too Little To Attract The Quality People That We Need. I Want To Make It Easier For Good People Who Want To Go Into Teaching To Do That.

Inaction Is Perhaps The Greatest Mistake Of All.

I Believe The War On Terror Is The Vital Discussion Of This Decade And Of Our Generation, Probably. To Win The War On Terror, You Need A Good Offense And A Good Defense. On Defense, I Regret To Say, Basically, This Administration Has Not Come Close To Doing What Is Necessary.