Remember that the worst accidents occur in the middle of the road.

No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.

You know when I first thought I might have a chance? When I realized that you could go into any bar in the country and insult Lyndon Johnson and nobody would punch you in the nose.

If any of you are secret poets, the best way to break into print is to run for the presidency.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

There is danger in the concentration of control in the television and radio networks, especially in the large television and radio stations; danger in the concentration of ownership in the press...and danger in the increasing concentration of selection by book publishers and reviewers and by the producers of radio and television programs.

I can still smell the tear gas in the Hilton Hotel.