All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or in any case one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons.

Exploiting people's emotions of fear envy and anxiety is not hope it's not change it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery we need solutions.

After I left the White House I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host analyst commentator speechmaker and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner but I was still a partisan a Democrat a blue-stater through and through.

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.

Today I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.