I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or miters on their heads, shifts the scene of pleasure with endless variety, bids all the forms of beauty sparkle before them, and gluts them with every change of visionary luxury.

Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.

I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.