A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward.

I class myself as a manual laborer.

It is almost nicer being a godfather than a father, like having white mice but making your nanny feed them for you.

History is always best written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted as truth, whether it be so or not.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.

The President's decisions make the weather, and if he is great enough, change the climate, too.