I continued with whatever 'qualified climbers' I could con into this rather unpromising venture.

I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.

I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker.

The president is the cuticle of the nail bed of America: one would think pushing back makes him stronger, yet it turns out the opposite is true.