In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall.

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.

Thin skin is the only kind of skin human beings come with.

Washington, under Democrats and Republicans, has a profoundly neurotic attitude toward 'the people.' It is built on equal parts of suspicion, loathing, fear, respect and dependence.

In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action.

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work out.