The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

Let me offer you, metaphorically, two magic wands that have sweeping powers to change society. With one wand you could wipe out all racism and discrimination from the hearts and minds of white America. The other wand you could wave across the ghettoes and barrios of America and infuse the inhabitants with Japanese or Jewish values, respect for learning, and ambition. ... I suggest that the best wand for society and for those who live in the ghettoes and barrios would be the second wand.

Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.

We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.

I think modern societies have to ask a very basic question: What strategies buy the most health for people? Doctors can do so many marvelous things now. They can keep a corpse alive, almost.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

You know, 600,000 millionaires get a Social Security check every month. I think there's enough waste and inefficiency.