“It is compromise that prevents each set of reformers from crushing the group at the other end of the political spectrum.”

“There are times when American politics seems like little more than two groups in a fever to prevent each other from trespassing upon their respective soothing versions of unreality”

“Being resolute today means to act within the framework of political and social pluralism and the rule of law to provide conditions for continued reform and prevent a breakdown of the state and economic collapse, prevent the elements of chaos from becoming catastrophic.All this requires taking certain tactical steps, to search for various ways of addressing both short- and long-term tasks. Such efforts and political and economic steps, agreements based on reasonable compromise, are there for everyone to see.”

“The political spectrum is not a straight, bi-polar line. It's a circle.”

“Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.”

“politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”