The man who knows governments most completely is he who troubles himself least about a definition which shall give their essence. Enjoying an intimate acquaintance with all their particularities in turn, he would naturally regard an abstract conception in which these were unified as a thing more misleading than enlightening.
I think Nancy Pelosi is extremely qualified to be speaker of the House, because she has been speaker of the House. I trust her leadership. I trust her judgment.
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill—little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
Jill Stein does not have the experience necessary to lead at a national level.
I'll never have the seniority of lions of the Senate who've been in office for decades. What I do have is a lifetime of experience as a parent and activist, small business owner, and lieutenant governor of Minnesota.
It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.
There's something to be said for CEOs' entering politics: In theory, they have management expertise and financial savvy. Then again, it didn't work so well with Dick Cheney.
The legislature are a little more difficult to educate than the governor is.
