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

We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense.

Whatever is morally necessary must be made politically possible.

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.

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