Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no one's interests. That restriction prevents people from drawing on this country's rich and diverse religious heritage for guidance, and it degrades the nation's moral discourse by placing a whole realm of theological reasoning out of bounds. The price of that sort of quarantine, at a time of moral dislocation, is - and has been - far too high.

There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads.

A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.

You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats and Republicans alike are willing to put aside their own party's self-interest to preserve the presidency. That's been true over the decades.