Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

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

When I am the candidate, I run the campaign.

You have my assurance that we will respond with full force should the settlement be violated by North Vietnam.

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.

To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government, you can't believe what they say, and you can't rely on their judgment.