I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.

I was a Great Society liberal on domestic issues. People ask me, 'How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?' The answer is, 'I was young once.' End of answer.

Whenever you're faced with an explanation of what's going on in Washington, the choice between incompetence and conspiracy, always choose incompetence.

I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

It is an old liberal theme that conservative ideas, being red in tooth and claw, cannot possibly emerge from any notion of the public good.