Political Quotes

Those are all topics that we have to be able to discuss honestly and forthrightly, while we still insist that in that process of debate, we respect other people's right to say things that we profoundly disagree with.

Don’t tell me you’re a Democrat but you’re kind of disappointed right now, so you’re not doing anything.

I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions.

There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, the central premise of our democratic system is that we have to be able to disagree and have sometimes really contentious debates without resorting to violence.