“Race in America has always centered on our mutual agreement not to see...” — Eric Liu Quote

“Race in America has always centered on our mutual agreement not to see each other. White or non-white. Black or non-black. Mongoloid, Hindoo. We've always bought into to the crudest, humanity-denying forms of sorting.”

“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.”

“As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.”

“We were able to sign free trade agreement with Europe at a time when people tend to be closing off.”

“Prenups for so long have this sexist connotation - people think of gold diggers and things like that. Men who have a lot of money and are trying to protect it from women. That's not what a prenup is about. It's a mutually beneficial agreement so both partners feel safe and taken care of.”

“In 1957, which is now 57 years ago, my grandfather and then-Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi welcomed Prime Minister Menzies as the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Japan after World War II and drove the conclusion of the Japan-Australia Agreement on Commerce.”