There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do

Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk about rope in the house where somebody has been hanged.

It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.

Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time

A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

Our goal must be not peace in our time, but peace for all time.

A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.