I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity.

A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward.

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural.

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds into new projects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions.

I would rather be respected than elected.