“A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it.”

“What a man can't remember doesn't exist for him.”

“Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.”

“I see things and I hear things I do not understand. I'm a skilled, resourceful... vegetable!”

“The silence lasted precisely five seconds, during which time eyes roamed other eyes, several throats were cleared, and no one moved in his chair. It was as if a decision were being reached without discussion: evasion was to be avoided. Congressman Efrem Walters, out of the hills of Tennessee by way of the Yale Law Review, was not to be dismissed with facile circumlocution that dealt with the esoterica of clandestine manipulations. Bullshit was out.”

“You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way.”

“The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still.”