“I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.”

“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.”

“In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.”

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”

“[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.”

“The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.”

“How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who’s hitting you.”