By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent.

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

I have three living children for whom this is a father who I want them to love and on whom they're going to have to rely if my disease takes a bad turn.

Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.

I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place.