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" After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years. "
Leaving
Job
Said
" 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. "
You
America
Place
" And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country. "
Long
Far
Democrats
" 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 to do work with the Federal Government. "
Government
Work
Stress
" 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 responsibility. "
Believe
Manager
Responsibility
" And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business. "
Business
People
Small
" 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 than 50 percent. "
Know
Country
Home
" 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 Federal Government. "
Government
I Am
Know
" But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success. "
Look
Success
Society
" For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat. "
Adult
Democrat
First
" HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country. "
Country
Mission
Low
" I believe that if you are elderly, physically or mentally handicapped we have an obligation too you, but if you are able-bodied, you should be working. "
I Believe
Believe
You
" In 1965, I marched for equality. "
Equality
" In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move. "
Decision
Move
Like
" I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world. "
World
Government
Serving
" I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development. "
Think
Will
Need
" One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get a clear picture of what closing costs will be of that home. "
Build
Problems
Picture
" Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer. "
Good
Progress
Great
" So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well. "
Sure
Well
Making
" So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing. "
Country
Saying
Down
" The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin. "
Her
Color
History
" The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education. "
Lie
Education
Good
" 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, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing. "
Perspective
Challenge
Moving Forward
" 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. "
Outside
Inside
Work
" 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 strengthening America. "
Begin
America
Pride
" We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing the problem that we set out to do. "
Problem
Time
Leave
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