Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.

When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it.

You [future first ladies] will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.

Understanding is a two-way street.

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.