A healthy democracy requires a decent society it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. – Charles W. Pickering

Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. – C. Northcote Parkinson

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. – Leonard Bernstein, New York Times, 1988 October 30th