One role of government is to go where venture capital won't.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

Make sure of two things. Be careful - microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, D.C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful.

Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community.

This is a big f...ing deal!

US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility.

I was in sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and movie houses in the '60s.