Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed.

That government is best which governs least.

I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan I know he's going to vote against me

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.