We thought for the longest time we might have a chance to run the table because we're such nice guys and centrist party, etcetera, but not getting into the debates really sort of foreclosed that option.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

I've been at some pains to say that I fear for the country if Mr.[DonALD] Trump should be elected. I think it's a candidacy without any parallel that I can recall.

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.

It's completely idiot proof." I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is "idiot friendly.

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.