Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law.

One thing members of Congress need to realize is how much their reliance on staffers is hurting the institution and helping make it unaccountable.

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin.

I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.

The RNC was run so badly you could walk through their deepest competence and not get your ankles wet.

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made in the past, we are with you in democracy.'

Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.

Cycling, like masturbation, is fun and easy to do - sometimes all day long.

How quickly a moment sinks into the past.

I didn't go on dialysis because I was 81 years old and I'd done everything I wanted, or so I thought.

I really, really wanted to lose awareness of the here and now. The best way for me to do that was bury myself in a book.

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

I would have to say the best was when my mom formed a company for me. I write out all of the checks for my performance business. I get to see the money I make and how much it takes to do what I do.

But how can one be warm alone?

Latin America, for the first time in 500 years, is moving towards a degree of independence.

I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.