Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.

You find out who your true friends are not when you are on top of the world, but when the world is on top of you.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

In his heart everyone knows that the only people who get rich from the "get rich quick" books are those who write them.

Anybody who wants to be an ambassador, wants to pay at least $250,000.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.