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Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.
With the end of the cold war, all the ‘isms’ of the 20th century – Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism – have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind.
The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
I learned about the market’s power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I’d already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.
There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.
There are no limits to our future if we don’t put limits on our people.