I know most of the young Democrats our age who want to go into politics, they mean well and they speak well, but none of them is as good as you are a… - Bill Clinton

He turns to her, his lethal blue eyes reduced to a squint. “Kathy.” “Lester. Be brief.” “I have the votes in the House,” he says. “The House is wrapped up like a bow. Is that brief enough?” One of the things she has learned over the years is the art of not responding too quickly. It buys you time and makes you seem more deliberative.

This is a practical country. we have ideals, we have philosophies. But, the problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence.

The American dream works when our common humanity matters more than our interesting differences and when together they create endless possibilities.