Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.

I have no permanent enemies - only people I have yet to persuade.

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.

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

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

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

The Democratic Party is not the party of reform.