71 percent of the American people think that the federal government should take no more than 20 percent of anybody's paycheck no matter how much they make.

The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth, and a jobless recovery.

As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.

At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world.

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

You may end up with a different math, but you're entitled to your math. I'm entitled to the math.

If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed.

What Mr. Obama wants in a nominee isn't really 'empathy' and 'understanding.' He wants a liberal, activist Supreme Court justice.

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains.

Let my toes teach the shore how to feel a tranquil lifethrough the wetness of sands Let my heart latch the doorof blackness, as all my pain now blue sky understands

There’s something tightly woven throughout the fabric of our humanity that runs entirely opposite to the baser instinct of looking out for our own good.

Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.

For me poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Do your homework and keep good files. Know the background and biases of your sources.

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

Fame is fleeting. Sometimes people like you, sometimes they don’t. Not all people are going to like you.

It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see.