In politics there is a large difference between loosing and being defeated.

Staffers tend to mimic their bosses, to take their key from them.

He was making the inevitable pivot from critic to manager.

He was experienced enough to spot the downside of doing the right thing.

Historically, the coupling of president and Speaker has been a tricky one that encourages a choreography both quick-footed and wary

The Russian people were just like us. They were victims of their own government. Ronald Reagan

Shared history was the coin of the realm.

Anecdotes came with his DNA.

The author deduces the best way James Baker serve Reagan as Chief of Staff was to continually remind him why he wanted to be president.

He'd made a name for himself out there in the world beyond not just in spite of the distinctly unfashionable persona he presented, but, perhaps, BECAUSE of it.

The author, at the time a Carter speechwriter in the 1980 campaign, showed visible distress at his boss's performance and was warned by a friend in the traveling press, lest he become the story.

When the last woman dies, the last man dies!

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.

How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me - namely that Adam is our Father and God-.

The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.

Did I ever tell you that you are like sunshine in the middle of the night?

Forget the state concerns -- we think this is bad for churches. Most churches are small and not ready to handle 500 pages of government red tape.

Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

If you play divine music, spiritual music, then you are bound to give and get satisfaction.