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If you can't be a populist in Arkansas, you ain't going to be a populist in Washington.

Populism is dangerous.

For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.

The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.

One of the big changes in the Congress since I first came to Washington is that all of these folks go home every weekend. They used to play golf together; their families got to know each other, go to dinner at each other's homes at weekends - and these would be people who were political adversaries.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

Don't ever take a seven-year-old with you to a campaign dinner - they will embarrass you no end.

It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come.

I would show up at a party for Al Qaeda if you said there's going to be a dinner.

Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a mentality of sloth, convenience, and a cheerful embrace of food we know is hurting us.