There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.

The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has rather traditional nativist streaks to it. But what is much more important, I think, is the - is its outrage.