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.

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them - this is of the essence of leadership.

With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" and with enough ingenuity, one could tickle the crystal with a cat's whisker and pick up anything.

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

Every American election summons the individual voter to weigh the past against the future.