The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle.

I may have been prejudiced against lawyer members of Congress, having run against one or two and having been threatened politically by a few others, and also because my own professional background was academic, principally in the liberal arts. Good lawyers, I asserted in campaigns, can be found in the yellow pages of the telephone books. Good historians, or political and social philosophers, are not so easily found or classified.

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

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

In politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted.

The polls show that 10 percent of the public are ready to vote for me even though they don't know I'm running. We hope that figure won't drop when they learn I'm in the race.

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