We are making politics a spectator sport in which our only duty is to vote somebody into office and then retire to the grandstands.

Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth.

A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only if they think the other is a reliable vessel.

Leadership is a journey. Each one of us has to take our own path, and get there our own way.

One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.

It's very, very hard to speak truth to power when the truth is unpleasant. I think it's one of the toughest things especially a young person has to do and the only way you can do it is if you're willing to walk out the door if he doesn't take your advice. Or if you're willing to walk out the door if he goes over the line.