A one-hour work-week...would minimize the damage that Congress can do.

Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect.

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare.

Look, I don't mind if the President sends a budget which he knows is not going to achieve anything. But when he prefaces his remarks as we just saw by saying we have to put politics aside, posing again as the one person in the country who rises above partisanship and party, speaks for the national interest, it's really grating.

I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.

I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.