“Chairman Frank told us that the chief problem we face as Americans is the widening gulf between rich and poor. ‘Only a small segment of the population is benefiting from economic growth,’ he said, ‘while the vast majority is not.’ Looking around here at the Mellon Auditorium, in the Commerce Department on Constitution Avenue, I know exactly what he means. Tuxedoed waiters carry champagne flutes on silver trays past gilded columns. Under the coffered ceiling, tables are laid out with pink petit fours and strawberries in cream and—I’m serious about this—cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off. Floral displays six feet high are spaced about the parquet floor. This is “Women’s Tea,” sponsored by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the chief fundraising apparatus of the Democratic party, and these women, hundreds of them, are loaded.”
Andrew Ferguson

“When you start thinking you’re the answer to everyone’s needs, you’d better go back and rephrase the question.”
Virginia Clinton Kelley (Bill Clinton's mother)