DAVID BRODER

The absence of shared sacrifice in this country shames us.

Nostalgia should not set policy.

One generation's reform becomes the next generation's problem.

Sooner or later, the regulated industry tries to get control of the regulating body.

Democracy derailed …. An alternative form of government …. The initiative process has become a tool for millionaires and rich special interests.

We must be careful about speech writers making foreign policy.

Mo Udall wanted to run for president [in 1976] in the worst way ... and he did.

Most important of all the structural reforms, we need to follow through on the recent Congressional effort to discipline the use of money in politics, by setting reasonable limits on campaign spending, limiting and publicizing individual and organizational gifts and channeling much more of the money (including … all general election spending) through the respective party committees rather than through individual candidates’ treasuries.

Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids.

Foreign aid ... has never been popular with the American people, but every President has regarded it as essential.

Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids.

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.

Parties do often nominate losers.

In a democracy, a man who does not listen cannot lead.

Consensus is the essence of the legislative process.

Foreign aid ... has never been popular with the American people, but every President has regarded it as essential.

Most of us are a lot more comfortable thinking about and writing about individuals than institutions.

Nostalgia should not set policy.

One generation's reform becomes the next generation's problem.

Sooner or later, the regulated industry tries to get control of the regulating body.

The absence of shared sacrifice in this country shames us.

Democracy derailed …. An alternative form of government …. The initiative process has become a tool for millionaires and rich special interests.

We must be careful about speech writers making foreign policy.

Mo Udall wanted to run for president [in 1976] in the worst way ... and he did.

What really sets Jesse Helms apart is that he is the last prominent unabashed white racist politician in this country -- a title that one hopes will now be permanently retired.... What is unique about Helms -- and from my viewpoint, unforgivable -- is his willingness to pick at the scab of the great wound of American history, the legacy of slavery and segregation, and to inflame racial resentment against African Americans.

Most important of all the structural reforms, we need to follow through on the recent Congressional effort to discipline the use of money in politics, by setting reasonable limits on campaign spending, limiting and publicizing individual and organizational gifts and channeling much more of the money (including … all general election spending) through the respective party committees rather than through individual candidates’ treasuries.

The urgent necessity is to make a decision - whether or not it is right.

[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the start of ground operations against Saddam Hussein in 1991 - just what you would expect from Ted Kennedy's partner and Michael Dukakis's running mate.

Along with the GI Bill, which educated and housed Eisenhower's fellow veterans, the Interstate System has proved to be by far the most important economic-development strategy of the federal government.