I Get A Lot Of

We're Living In A Whole New Social And Economic Order With A Whole New Set Of Problems And Challenges. Old Assumptions And Old Programs Don't Work In This New Society And The More We Try To Stretch Them To Make Them Fit, The More We Will Be Seen As Running Away From What Is Reality.

I'm Really Glad That Our Young People Missed The Depression And Missed The Great Big War. But I Do Regret That They Missed The Leaders That I Knew, Leaders Who Told Us When Things Were Tough And That We'd Have To Sacrifice, And That These Difficulties Might Last Awhile. They Didn't Tell Us Things Were Hard For Us Because We Were Different, Or Isolated, Or Special Interests. They Brought Us Together And They Gave Us A Sense Of National Purpose.

I've Always Said That In Politics, Your Enemies Can't Hurt You, But Your Friends Will Kill You.

I've Always Told My Children That Life Is Like A Layer Cake. You Get To Put One Layer On Top Of The Other, And Whether You Frost It Or Not Is Up To You.

Sometimes When I'm Watching Television And Something, An Image, Will Come On That Has To Do With 9/11 Or Some Of These Families Telling Their Stories, Or Children Talking About Drawing Pictures Of Airplanes Flying Into Towers, You Know, I Find Myself Still Choking Up.