"We're to blame for the "bad blood." Not Putin. The real meaning of America First is Blame America First."

“The town hall has the spirit of representative democracy, the rally of autocracy.”

“No disease any refugee might bring to America is as dangerous as the disease of fear, bigotry and hatred now being spread in America by Fox.”

“It's not a serious document.”

“I’d rather fight than switch. It’s worth fighting.”

“The present moment is not one to be proud of. The normal vulgarity of democratic politics has become the shameless demagoguery of democratic decadence. The routine operation of party politics has given way to the mindless polarization of partisan fanatics. The characteristic limitations of popular leaders have yielded to an abdication of leadership itself. A public life with occasional cringeworthy moments has been replaced by one that is on the whole cringeworthy.”

“nstitutions are strong; it turns out you don't need a lot of sensible or even sane leadership in the White House.”