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.

There is a cannibalism that's loose in our society in which public figures such as the Clintons could try to come into this town and do something good for this country and then they get hammered away even though they're trying to do the right thing.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

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.

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

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.