It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.

It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today has probably been more harmful and done more damage than the disease.

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.