The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything

All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks but seldom changes the way the world works. Lasting historical change comes not through tidal waves but through the irresistible creeping tide.

Government should support and defend its key industries through good policies, rather than what sometimes makes for good politics.

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.