When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.
Politicians are probably the most underrated people in our society.
My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian.
It must be understood that, as adults, we are all terminal.
There is no office now closed to a Jew, including the presidency.
Im a politician. What I say is not holy writ.