Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.

I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me.

It is a modern tragedy that one of the Soviet Union's most intelligent and realistic leaders has served and died during the administration of the most ill-informed and dangerous man ever to occupy the White House.

It's nice not to have to worry about constituents.