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My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian.

Politicians are probably the most underrated people in our society.

There is no office now closed to a Jew, including the presidency.

Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility.

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.

It must be understood that, as adults, we are all terminal.

I'm a politician. What I say is not holy writ.

There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.