I like power and I like to use it.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Leadership must be established from the top down.