There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.

I class myself as a manual laborer.

America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose.

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

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

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.

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.