You are giving a little man a biscuit to eat, and you put a barrel of flour more taxes on top of his head to carry.

I'd rather violate every one of the damn conventions and see my bills passed, than sit back in my office, all nice and proper, and watch 'em die.

Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.

All I care is what the boys at the forks of the creek think of me.

The Bible's the greatest book ever written. But I sure don't need anybody I can buy for six bits and a chew of tobacco to explain it to me.

You will find that you cannot do without politicians. They are a necessary evil in this day and time. You may not like getting money from one source and spending it for another. But the thing for the school people to do is that if the politicians are going to steal, make them steal for the schools.

You are giving a little man a biscuit to eat, and you put a barrel of flour more taxes on top of his head to carry.