David Gergen actually said...

"We're not going to leave behind a democracy, not a shining city upon a hill, but, if we can create a more decent society that's more stable -- and Peter has written about this in other forums -- that ..."

"It was, I thought, an important speech, Anderson. It was not the speech that we thought he might deliver."

"We've heard so much anti-Muslim talk for so long since 9/11, that's not unnatural."

"The Muslim world is doing better than I would have expected in that -- in that poll."