“Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence ...” — George McGovern Quote

“Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.”

“The longer the title, the less important the job.”

“For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.”

“Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.”

“Working as a Foreign Office lawyer in 2003, I was less worried by the quibbling over U.N. resolutions on Iraq than the coalition's capacity to effect positive change.”

“You have to realise that hypnosis doesn't exist: it just works on people's natural suggestibility, their expectations and capacity to unconsciously role play. You can't make someone do anything they don't want to do.”