“The thing they're trying to stop is 30-million people getting health insurance. That's the substance.”

“Let's run the experiment.”

“Order is a slippery thing: it's in the eyes of the beholder and the judgments of the powerful. Safety is clearer: it's freedom from violence and intrusion.”

“I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. Injustice is outrageous and deserves outrage.”

“Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewers. There are a lot of different emotions to tap into. The emotion of the reward of discovery, the...”

“...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.”

“What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends the moment we're in, comes up with ways of dealing with it, and eschews the ...”

“The whole point about corruption in politics is that it can't be done, or done properly, without a bipartisan consensus.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”