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.

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.

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.'

By far the biggest portion of a bushel of American commodity corn (about 60% of it, or some 50k kernels) goes to feeding livestock, and much of that goes to feeding America's 100 million beef cattle

History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.

She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.''Is there a better cure for the world than solitude?

I can read. A little. I kind of protested it in School(TM). On the grounds that the silent 'E' is stupid.

You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it seriously as well.

I went to Boston College. It's a Catholic college, yeah I had a nickname there: Jew.

That is what I liked about being on stage. I was comfortable there, and I could be myself with confidence.

Laughter drives shouting away.

Everyone finds their voice at different times in their life.

The Earth is a unique system in the universe, the only planet we know of that's hospitable for humankind.