Men make history. History does not make the man.

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

When you can't do any housecleaning because everything that goes on is a damned secret, then we're on our way to something the Founding Fathers didn't have in mind. Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.

I want a one-armed economist, that way he cannot say, 'on the other hand'.