It might be quite good, because it might be sobering for the country to realize we're in a completely new era.

There is nothing patriotic about hating your country or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government.

The feeling about them and about our country has just soared,

I think that the country needs a debate that's not a screaming match. . . . And I think too many times we have these arguments on these talk shows where they're trying to get ratings by generating heat, when we ought to be trying to generate more light.

This country is still too dangerous. . . . The crime rate is still too high. The level of violence we put up with is still unacceptable.