Running for president must be like having babies. You have to forget what it was like the last time before you want to do it again.

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.

I did not come to Washington to be loved, and I have not been disappointed.

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.

The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people.