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

“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.”

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

“[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.”

“There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.”

“You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!”

“I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something, otherwise you will never get anywhere.”