"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy – but that could change." ― Dan Quayle Topic(s): Change More From Dan Quayle "It’s a very good historical book about history." "The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda." "Bobby Knight told me this: ‘There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.’ In other words a good offense wins." More In Change "Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change."― Barack Obama "The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions."― James Russell Lowell "Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment."― Ambrose Bierce