They use [how much] money they've spent as a measure of success because there's very little else to measure.

If I were objective or if you were objective or if anyone was, he would have to be put away somewhere in an institution because he'd be some sort of vegetable.

He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.