“When I feel the heat, I see the light.”

“I am a man of principles, and my first principle is flexibility.”

“When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.”

“There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.”

“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.”

“The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast but never sinks.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”