I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

Politics takes patience, time, listening and endless meetings.

I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan.