Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.

it's 12 amyl nitrites (one box), in conjunction with as many beers as necessary.

Any candidate who'd offered a real possibility of an alternative to Nixon - someone with a different concept of the presidency - could have challenged him and come very close to beating him.

You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.

Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends have hated Nixon all their lives. My mother hates Nixon, my son hates Nixon, I hate Nixon, and this hatred has brought us together.

What the hell is the sense of trying to hold the Democratic party together, if it's really a party of expediency, something that's put together every four years?

My blood is too thick for California: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate.