A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.