Nixon is the kind of guy who, if you were drowning twenty feet from shore, would throw you a fifteen-foot rope.

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

A newspaper may somewhat arrogantly assert that it prints "all the news that's fit to print." But no newspaper yet has been moved to declare at the end of each edition, "That's the way it is," as Walter Cronkite does.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember.

Vote against anything introduced with a "re" in it, especially reforms, reorganizations, and recodifications. This usually means going back to something that failed once and is likely to do so again.

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.