For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.

A leader can`t move a country that`s not ready. You can`t make the waves, but when you see them coming, you can help direct them.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight

There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.

If Bob Barr (conservative republican congressman from Georgia) caught on fire and I was holding a bucket of water, it would be great act of discipline to pour it on him. I would do it, but I'd hate myself in the morning.