If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared — John Avlon

"Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction."

"Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1."

"Politics is history in the present tense."

"The independence of our nation is inseparable from our interdependence as a people."

"Professional partisans are still playing politics by industrial-age rules. They haven’t woken up to the information-age reality. Younger generations have grown up with a multiplicity of choice on every front, which can be tailored to suit their individual beliefs. Politics is the last place where we are supposed to be satisfied with a choice between Brand A and Brand B."

"Us and against them is the opposite of our national motto, e pluribus unum: Out of many, one."