The elite isn't leading anymore. It's trapped.

The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.

We live in an age of de-democratization. The number of democracies in the world has been going backwards since 2005, and even many existing democracies including in Europe have been becoming less democratic.

My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached.

[In politics,] when there is no reason to speak, there is a reason not to speak.

That is the way successful countries, and Canada has been one of the most successful countries over the past quarter century, they operate. That when you win, you win within limits, when you lose, you accept the outcome.

The Iraq fight itself is probably going to go very, very fast. The shooting should be over within just a very few days from when it starts.