Part of courage is simple consistency.

The biggest improvement in the flow of information in America in our lifetimes is that no single group controls the news anymore.

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good Housekeeping

The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven.

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom. ...Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents.

Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.