If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?
Pete du PontFranklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda.
Pete du PontThere's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party.
Pete du PontThings move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.
Pete du Pont