The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain..

A great speech is literature..

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….

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

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

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom….

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….

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 had long labeled the impeachment debate a distraction from the urgent business of a great nation. But the Republicans argued that the p….

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. ...….

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag ….

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on th….

By trying to do too much, you risk not doing enough..

The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their….

Ted Sorrenson, JFK's presidential speech writer, when asked how it came about that he wrote the "ask not what you can do..." speech, he would answer ….

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered..

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage..

Let's cause some senators distress..

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