In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and that's it. You might scream on the way down, but you're going to hit the bottom, and you're not going to be in elective office.

Do not despair. In every defeat are found the seeds of victory.

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it hardens and there's almost nothing you can do to reshape it.

By instinct and tradition, I don't like the thing. I like to look someone in the eye.

Tomorrow, I'm going to a soup kitchen in Mobile. I think that will symbolize the insensitivity of this administration to human needs.