Morals are concerned with what aids or impedes the fulfillment of basic human needs..

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are..

one way to keep people close to you is by not giving them enough. ... with people who give a lot of themselves, you sometimes lean back - but with pe….

Our patriotic fervor was the result of the old and widespread belief in the idea of American exceptionalism, the idea that America was a new thing in….

The first snow always startles. It covers the tricycle in the driveway, turning its frame into an abstact sculpture that says: See how quickly yester….

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature..

when men in politics are together, testosterone poisoning makes them insane..

The Democratic Party will now stick with its guy forever, no matter how harmful he is. Perhaps you call that loyalty, and perhaps there's something t….

The Democrats often seem like the Not Republican Party, no more and no less..

At some point, don't voters start to see all of public life as one big polluted river? And if they do, don't they stop saying things like "That's a b….

It's better for the country when each party looks like it stands for something serious, for some big things, but they're not narrow and they're not b….

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents..

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything..

Loyalty consists of many things, including being truthful with our friends. When you really disagree, you have to say so..

Part of courage is simple consistency..

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom. ...….

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions ar….

When you forget yourself and your fear, when you get beyond self-consciousness because your mind is thinking about what you are trying to communicate….

The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven..

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together speeches are paying attention only to….

[democrats] have become the party of snobs. You have become the party of Americans who think they're better than other Americans..