It is a rare man or woman who is ever really changed by ascension to high office, or tempered by the solemnity of the oaths they have sworn or by the national duties they have shouldered. And Spiro Agnew was certainly not among that rare breed.

Social security isn’t a ponzi scheme. It’s not bankrupting us. It’s not an outrage. It is working.

The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.

The thing about rights is they're not actually supposed to be voted on. That's why they're called rights.

Agnew was like Nixon's id -- without the burden of much actual knowledge or curiosity or responsibility to the country at large.

If the military contractors are out of Afghanistan, Karzai is out 15 minutes later.

We have built something [a nuclear stockpile] bigger than we can drive.