Making Government Work

"In a gripping examination of the severe crisis confronting the United States, Hollings taps his more than one-half century of public service and presents this user's guide to democracy."—Living in South Carolina

"Fritz Hollings is working on a government reform project he can only conduct from the outside—getting the money out of politics and the politics back into Congress. . . . He outlines his plans for getting Washington off the money mill in Making Government Work."—Bill Moyers Journal

"Only Hollings could make such a compelling case on how to make government work. His straightforward style will appeal to anyone interested in the inner workings of government."—Bob Dole

"In this engaging memoir Hollings demonstrates that he's still telling it like it is! In direct no-nonsense language, he describes his remarkable political career of nearly a half century of service to the people of South Carolina and the nation. When you finish this lively book, you'll agree that Fritz Hollings was an extraordinary Senator and public servant."—George J. Mitchell

"Fritz Hollings, the keenest wit in the Senate and a grand storyteller, reveals how the people's business gets done; why big money, nonstop news cycles, polling, and armies of costly consultants produce only deadlock; and what we can do to make our government work again. Every voter should read this book."—Richard J. Whalen

"Still showing his trademark wit and wisdom, Hollings treats us to an insider's candid retrospective on how government forged successes in the past, as well as a compelling vision of how it can be made to serve the people's interests better in the future. He has given us an owner's manual for operating our democracy in the twenty-first century."—Richard W. Riley

"Making Government Work is part autobiography, part political history, and part guidance on how Hollings, a former South Carolina governor who served six terms in the U.S. Senate speaking his mind, believes the nation can solve its problems."—Greenville (S.C.) News

"With razor-sharp wit and insight, former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings has produced a rare species of political memoir that stresses deal-making, compromises, and genuine bipartisanship to produce effective leadership and legislation in government."—G: The Magazine of Greenville (S.C.)

"Hollings had a reputation for speaking his mind during his many years in office, and he continues to be familiarly forthright in his political memoir."—Charleston (S.C.) Post & Courier

"Hollings makes it clear in Making Government Work that he—perhaps more than any twentieth-century South Carolina political figure—understands the power and possibility of government."—Columbia (S.C.) State

"A thorough memoir of former U.S. Senator Hollings's five decades of public service. A sound account of a half-century's functioning of the legislature."—Kirkus Reviews