Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.

Laughter is a unique medicine that places your problems in perspective, relaxes your tense muscles, reassures those around you, and helps you to enjoy life even when you don't have everything you want. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense.

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.