You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care.

What did the president know, and when did he know it?

In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik.

Eventually, somebody is going to be a hero, and somebody's going to be president. Not necessarily the same person.

The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts.

The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol.