I let the American people down.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

Until he has been part of a cause larger than himself, no man is truly whole.

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

The worst thing a politician can be is dull. At least I'm interesting.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit ... The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose.