There are some who have labored long and hard to make “liberal” a dirty word. But the twin principles of liberal thought are liberty and a belief in equal opportunity. So we would look long and hard at those who would consider liberty to be a dirty thing and look on equal opportunity with suspicion.

Politics is like a math test: It’s not enough to be right, you’ve got to show why you’re right. The quality of a policy is why it should be done; the perception of a policy is how it can be made a reality.