The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

Television is to news as bumperstickers are to philosophy.

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?