I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves.

You can get so well educated in America that your thoughts become detached from common sense. You can get so complicated in your thinking that the obvious isn't real to you anymore.

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

In the 1950s and '60s the [democrat] party included many obviously earnest and thoughtful liberals who supported goals that were in line with and expressions of serious beliefs. They believed that America was an exceptional country.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.