As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.
William SafireYou don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.
William SafireDecide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.
William SafireA reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion.
William SafireTo 'know your place' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say 'stay in your place' or 'hang on to your place', because ambition or boredom may dictate upward or downward mobility, but a sense of place - a feel for one's own position in the control room-is useful in gauging what you should try to do.
William Safire