I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

Charge hell with a bucket of water.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

If we can't turn the world around we can at least bolster the victims.