I'm Not As Shy As Everybody Makes

People Don't Always Realize That My Parents Shared A Sense Of Intellectual Curiosity And A Love Of Reading And Of History.

I Feel That My Father's Greatest Legacy Was The People He Inspired To Get Involved In Public Service And Their Communities, To Join The Peace Corps, To Go Into Space. And Really That Generation Transformed This Country In Civil Rights, Social Justice, The Economy And Everything.

After My Mom Died, There Was So Much Written About Her Fashion And Her Style And All That, And I Felt That One Of The Most Important Parts Of Her Was Missing, Her Real Intellectual Curiosity.

I May, And I Think I Represent A Tradition That Means A Lot To Me, Which Has Really Always Been About Fighting For Others, For Middle-class Families, For Working Class - For Working People, You Know, And That's A Tradition And A Commitment That I Take Very Seriously.

I Think That The Presidency Really Brings Out The Best In A Lot Of People.