It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot.

I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.

I enjoyed my new position as vice president, but it took me a while to get used to the fact that I no longer had the voting privileges I had enjoyed for 10 years as a senator.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

If that's art, I'm a Hottentot!

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.

I can always get along with an honest friend.