My Only Enemy Is Right-wing Religious Fundamentalism.

Constant Conflict Is Actually Often Good Politics. Because The More You Can Inflame Your Supporters The More Likely They Are To Show Up At Election Day. And If They're More Inflamed Than The Other Side, Even If The Other Side Has More People Agreeing With It, You'll Win, Because Your Crowd Will Show Up.

The Ideals That Bind Us Together Are As Old As Our Nation, But So Are The Forces That Pull Us Apart.

When We Got Organized As A Country, [and] Wrote A Fairly Radical Constitution, With A Radical Bill Of Rights, Giving Radical Amounts Of Freedom To Americans, It Was Assumed That Americans Who Had That Freedom Would Use It Responsibly...when Personal Freedom Is Being Abused, You Have To Move To Limit It.

I Think The Democrats Are Going To Have To Be Willing To Give Up, Maybe, Some Short-term Political Gain By Whipping Up Fears On Some Of These Things - If It's A Reasonable Social Security Proposal, A Reasonable Medicare Proposal. We've Got To Deal With These Things. You Cannot Have Health Care Devour The Economy.

We Should, All Of Us, Be Filled With Gratitude And Humility For Our Present Progress And Prosperity. We Should Be Filled With Awe And Joy At What Lies Over The Horizon. And We Should Be Filled With Absolute Determination To Make The Most Of It.