Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology shows the futility of past efforts to make a lasting change in manners by an act of will or authority.

The money that is spent in elections is absolutely unconscionable - even if it's private money. It's true that one's not corrupted by the expenditure of one's own money, but to some extent the system is. We cannot have a system in which the only people you can count on for a vote that doesn't look as though it might be a vote for a special-interest group are people with enormous fortunes.

The essence of good taste is a sense of values, and a sense of values is the pivotal point of good living.

You may never reach a solution, but you're never absolved from the responsibility of trying.

Party organization matters. When the door of a smoke-filled room is closed, there's hardly ever a woman inside.

Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology shows the futility of past efforts to make a lasting change in manners by an act of will or authority.

We must have government, but we must watch them like a hawk.