If our political leaders are to be always a lot of political merchants, they will supply any demand we may create. All we have to do is to establish a steady demand for good government.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.

Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in.

As Democrats, we believe in giving every eligible citizen the opportunity to vote - whether it's early because they can't take off work on Election Day or absentee because they might have plans to be out of town.

Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind of uplifting and strange about watching democracy unfold.

The Internet was crucial for our success. It is a great thing. It is a big democracy because people can choose what they like.