One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

I mean that psychologically. I think [Donald Trump] showed in the debates when he encounters criticism or challenge he behaves the way a bully would. He just doesn't take it well.

Donald Trump behaving like a wild man. I mean, I just can`t imagine that people want a human tornado sitting in the oval office.

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.

[James] Comey's got a good background but there's nothing there, so far as it appears. Nothing there. So he wrote the letter to the eight Republican committee members copied to the Democrats saying 'you know some emails have turned up, we've looked at a lot of emails now it turns out there are even more emails - we don't know what's there, so there's absolutely no evidence whatsoever that could be of interest to anyone until we conduct our multi-week, multi-month investigation.