Quotes

Elected politicians also should leave their ideological baggage behind because voters don't want to be governed from the left, the right, or even the center. They want someone in Washington who understands that the American people want to govern themselves.

No matter how convincingly you attribute the loss to bad timing or bad luck or lack of money — it’s impossible not to feel at some level as if you have been personally repudiated by the entire community, that you don’t quite have what it takes, and that everywhere you go, the word ‘loser’ is flashing through people’s minds. They’re the sorts of feelings that most people haven’t experienced since high school, when the girl you’d been pining over dismissed you with a joke in front of her friends, or you missed a pair of free throws with the big game on the line — the kinds of feelings that most adults wisely organize their lives to avoid.

The truth is, most people in this country are less interested in whether the Democrats or the Republicans win. They are most interested in whether America wins in the competition for the future.

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not get a few thousand ballots counted. The explanation, however, is timeless. We are a nation of men and women and, although we aspire to lofty principles, our methods at times are imperfect.

People don't elect you to inflict pain. They elect you to help guide this country forward.

Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there.

People aren't looking for another self-congratulatory Washington coronation. They want results

It's only when something has absolutely no significance to us - like the economy, the future of our children, the way the nation's going to turn out - that we say don't bother with the facts, I've got my mind made up.

Facts and science and argument do not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country is scared.

This has been my religion: the belief that I deserve attention, that they are wrong not to listen, that those who dispute me are fools.

I don’t need a seconder. My own opinion is enough for me and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time.