Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.

I doubt if there is any occupation which is more consistently and unfairly demeaned, degraded, denounced, and deplored than banking.

The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is voting for the other guy.

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards.

I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed.