“Everyone appreciates being appreciated.”

“I only have one prejudice, and that is against those who are prejudiced.”

“Sometimes a little naivety goes a long long way!" (I said that)”

“We have no democracy, no constitution no real America if the efficacy and sanctity of the voting process, is not fully and verifiably protected.”

“There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature.”

“In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he always knows what's up, like nothing can ruffle him.”

“It was more than just material prosperity. America in 1960 was a country where restraint and boundaries were the natural conditions in all arenas. People married younger and stayed married; even with those added twenty-eight million, there were fewer divorces in 1960 than there had been a decade earlier. People did not have children unless they were married—only 2.5 percent of children were born out of wedlock, though the number in black households was disturbingly high—some 20 percent.”