I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.

The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

The fact is, I can vote for anybody; independents, Republicans, Democrats. But I'm a registered Democrat in the District of Columbia.

If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter.

Many years later, a psychiatrist friend of mine said something to us. He said, "Respect denial." It's a powerful force.