Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.