The most active people in the country know different things, and because each one tends to hear mostly and deal mostly with people with whom they agree, they are reinforced not simply in the conviction that they are right, which is totally appropriate, but that they are the majority. So you have both sides, the Left and the Right, thinking that the majority of the country is really with them.

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.

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.

The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes.

Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.