This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take.

I don't see what difference it makes what side it's [your bread] buttered on. I always eat both sides.

A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters fall for.

You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?

All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and I think it's just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share.

It's a game everybody plays. If you see a man with a beard and holler "Beaver!" it's five points. And if you see a man with a moustache, it's onlI three points.