We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

You don't have to be perfect; you just have to be open.

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

I've spent a lot of words on my own mortality.

I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.

One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.