"A year is an eternity in politics – though less than a moment in history." ― Eliot Spitzer Topic(s): History More From Eliot Spitzer "Yes, people pull the trigger – but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror." "The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in charge of the agencies and then have them push the bounds of administrative power to change policy through those agencies. President Obama has a pretty good track record of this." "I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas." More In History "Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study."― Norman Lamm "The main thing is to make history, not to write it."― Otto von Bismarck "The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly."― Jean Piaget