So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.

Extremists on the left tend to be just as critical of pragmatism as extremists on the right.

The press is the enemy.

Anybody who wants to be an ambassador, wants to pay at least $250,000.

As we work to expand our supplies of energy, we should also recognize that we must balance those efforts with our concern to preserve our environment. In the past, as we have sought new energy sources, we have too often damaged or despoiled our land.

Until he has been part of a cause larger than himself, no man is truly whole.

Capitalism works better than it sounds, while socialism sounds better than it works.