Once bitten, you seldom lose the political bug.

Historically we have rejected extremism on the left and the right. Centrism is the right course for America.

I deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that.

You can't say the negro left the Republican party; the negro feels he was evicted from the Republican party.

In elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game.

My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.

Labels applied to people of any race are inherently offensive.