Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.
I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation.
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
Millennials - who will soon be a full one-third of American adults - may be especially ready to become engaged in politics with a candidate who wants to give them a government that will leave them alone and get its finances in order so that they don't inherit an economic collapse.
The American future is here, and there's great news: the future votes.
There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.
You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.
I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.
I think every election is sui generis. I think it starts with where we are in the country at this time, with what Americans are thinking, feeling and hoping, and it proceeds from there. And it is always about the future.