The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government

Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not going to be accomplished without a great deal of pain, and that the rewards in the end may not outweigh the pain -if you recognize historically that always happens, then when it comes, you survive it.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.