I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

When I feel the heat, I see the light.

We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.