The breath of life of the Senate is, of course, continuity,

People who sneer at a half a loaf of bread have never been hungry." George Reedy

The air of compromise is rarely appreciated fully by men of principle. C. Vann Woodward

With Johnson, you never quite knew if he was out to lift your heart or your wallet. Roy Wilkins

He is not the leader of great causes, but the broker of little ones.

their anxiety, justified or not, was genuine,

(LBJ) had what a journalist calls “a genius for analogy”— made the point unforgettably, in dialect, in the rhythmic cadences of a great storyteller. Master of the senate

Sam Rayburn on LBJ's recuperation from his heart attack: "It would kill him if he relaxed.

He took the trolley instead of the bus because it was smoother and he could read on it.

That speech (Daniel Webster's) “raised the idea of Union above contract or expediency and enshrined it in the American heart.

its size, the House was an environment in which, as one observer put it, members “could be dealt with only in bodies and droves.

A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become our constant companions for the rest of our lives.

I’d rather go and make my own way than have it decided for me.

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power.

As an American citizen, one has to vote.

I feel even less patience with transsexuals.

I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says - "Yes; the little ones does".

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

While parents should always provide shelter from a storm, they should sometimes allow children to play in the rain.