“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

“Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.”

“If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.”

“The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.”

“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.”