But people love a hypocrite, you know——they recognize one of their own, and it always feels so good when someone gets caught with his pants down and his dick up and it isn't you.

You don't have the right to hold somebody accountable for standards you refuse to apply to yourself.

We know the history of Conservative parties in the past. They often win elections and then not just lose later on, but fragment. I'm aware of that and I'm determined to avoid it.

Life is sad enough without people writing sad books.

The primary elections are the cornerstones of the plebiscitary presidency. They strip away the veneer of party unity and expose the individuality of each candidate. As contemporary selection procedures force party leaders to compete with one another in the open, they prompt them to differentiate themselves publicly and to boast of their independence of mind. Pitting potential party spokespersons against one another in public combat, these procedures undercut the credibility of the candidate's affiliation with anything other than him- or herself.

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?