It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.

If you're in the penaut business you learn to think small.

I would not want to put him in charge of snake control in Ireland.

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

You know when I first thought I might have a chance? When I realized that you could go into any bar in the country and insult Lyndon Johnson and nobody would punch you in the nose.