There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.

There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

Democracy without morality is impossible.

I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.

I can't hide my feelings.

My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.