Nixon was a good president on the environment. Gerald Ford was good.

In a region with a growing population, if you're doing nothing, you're losing ground.

As the master politician navigates the ship of state, he both creates and responds to public opinion. Adept at tacking with the wind, he also succeeds, at times, in generating breezes of his own.

So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.