I Miss Going To Church,

Although I Held Public Office For A Total Of Sixteen Years, I Also Thought Of Myself As A Citizen-politician, Not A Career One. Every Now And Then When I Was In Government, I Would Remind My Associates That "when We Start Thinking Of Government As 'us' Instead Of 'them,' We've Been Here Too Long." By That I Mean That Elected Officeholders Need To Retain A Certain Skepticism About The Perfectibility Of Government.

Don't Let The Doom Criers And The Cynics Persuade You That The Best Is Past.

I Didn't Leave The Democratic Party; The Democratic Party Left Me.

I Never Drink Coffee At Lunch. I Find It Keeps Me Awake For The Afternoon.

Fascism Was Really The Basis For The New Deal. It Was Mussolini's Success In Italy, With His Government-directed Economy, That Led The Early New Dealers To Say "but Mussolini Keeps The Trains Running On Time.