...a more open and honest appraisal of the true nature of Silicon Valley and its opportunities as well as the many problems.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin.

We had a choice between Democrats who couldn't learn from the past and Republicans who couldn't stop living in it...

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

Last week, I suggested the candidates take up mushrooms. I’ll be damned if Rick Perry didn’t take me up on that.

The simple truth? History was never simply history. If it was anything it was another collar—another means to control.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate Everybody insists he won t take it but somebody always does

Always vote for principle though you may vote alone and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me I rejoice that I am not a Republican

If a policy isn’t working, don’t change the policy—change its name. That should be taught in Politics 101.

The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power to moral ends.

Let's stop fighting over who we believe created the planet, & work together against those that choose to destroy it.

A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit

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