In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural.

I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity.

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

I would rather be respected than elected.

Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail.

A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward.

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth.

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

And empty heads console with empty sound.

My troubles are over, and I am finally home.

War is organized murder, and nothing else.

We are accustomed to say, that the mass of men are unprepared; but improvement is slow, because the few are not materially wiser or better than the many.

but paper and ink have conjuring abilities of their own. arrangements of lines and shapes, of letters and words on a series of pages make a world we can dwell and travel in.

There is no humor in heaven.

I never write a play with an eye to film.

Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.

Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are.