The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.

The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Sampson's time.