If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption, or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse.
The political philosophy of one generation becomes the political anathema of another.
As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
I think America has always been polarized.
I wish the American public wasn't so stupid if they realized that half the people on television make a living just to insult the other party.
The Republican Party is not inclusive.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
I have no love for the Republicans, but the Democrats drive me absolutely crazy.
Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be.
The center of gravity of the American people is way to the left of the center of gravity of Congress and, in many ways, to the left of the national Democratic Party.
I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what I stand for.
I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe.
We Americans love to cite the 'political spectrum' as the best way to classify ideologies. The metaphor is incorrect: it implies symmetry.
There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
I don't think he has a real concept of reality. To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he's a devout Christian man is completely contradictory.
The sharp differences between the way city dwellers and rural, suburban and exurban residents vote, think and live cannot be papered over by federal laws, federal rules or, clearly, by a president.
You look at my audience, and it proves what Congress thinks America is, is wrong. I get people across the political spectrum. Parents and kids come and they're all punked out, and there are these other guys in John Deere caps.
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opinions.
My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
Netanyahu is no king, his government sows division and incitement.
Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of today's American families.
TV and radio debates seem inflamed, with all that shouting, but real disagreement is always avoided; they conceal their lack of content.
It's clear Trump and the Republicans in Washington don't give a damn about anyone like me or anyone who doesn't think like them.
Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.
Of all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics
