To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

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

American public policy is run on a myth.

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

Employers love cheap labor, but a country should train its own people.

A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor.

Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.