When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

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