“美国人民把总统职务交给一个政党，同一时间，又把国会交给另外一个政党，毫无疑问，他们这样做并不是为了让双方互相斗气，钩心斗角，更不是为了让我们搞些令人遗憾的山头及派系政治，相反，他们是呼唤我们消弭分歧，和衷共济，去完成美国的伟大使命。”(The American people returned to office a President of one party and a Congress of another. Surely, they did not do this to advance the politics of petty bickering and extreme partisanship they plainly deplore. No, they call on us instead to be repairers of the breach, and to move on with America’s mission.)

丘吉尔也曾说过：

“要衡量一位政治家的高下，往往可以由他对政敌所表现出的敌意得到一个答案。”(I have always felt that a politician to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.)

文中提到的那一本书是David Gergen所著，Eyewitness to Power: the Essence of Leadership: Nixon to Clinton，Simon & Schuster，2000。