"Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism"

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first"

"You do the policy, I'll do the politics"

"In politics, an organized minority is a political majority"

"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few"

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians"

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"