Lee Atwater

It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that read more

It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and read more

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.

Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone read more

Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me.

I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual read more

I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.