I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

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.

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

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.

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

Politics is a love-hate relationship. I sure know that.