"The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack"

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

"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"

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

"There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose"

"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"

"Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you"

"Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one"

"It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life"