I was fascinated by people, politics, and policy, and I thought I could make it without family wealth, or connections, or establishment southern positions on race and other issues.

• 我最感兴趣的是人，是政治，是政策，而且我认为不靠家庭财富，不靠关系，不靠南方所看重的种族或其他根基，自己也能做到这一点。