The curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being useful or you could be -- and that's so tempting.

Economics is not a science, in the sense that a policy can be repeatedly applied under similar conditions and will repeatedly produce similar results.

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

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 business of government is justice.

There is hardly a facet of life that is now free of some sort of federal action.

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.