Politicians are conservative by nature.

What were the politics of my family? They were mainstream moderate politics.

[Students for a Democratic Society] it's a social democratic program.

You can be disappointed but only if you thought [Barack Obama] was something that he said he wasn't!

That's what [Abraham] Lincoln said. "The white man will always be above the black man. I don't want them to run for office, or have political rights, or vote. I want them to go back to Africa."

The only people who have never had a problem with me speaking in their venues are independent bookstores and libraries. Universities and humanities councils have canceled me, but never an independent bookstore.

The passions and commitments that ignited my activity as a student are the same passions and commitments that I have today.