“The best politics for any president is to be a good president.”

“All men who run for presidency of the United States are amateurs; there is no way of becoming a professional at it, and all of them, win or lose, are forever altered in spirit of character by the ordeal.”

“The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.”

“In politics, the things that do not happen are frequently as significant as those that do.”

“The 'smoke-filled room' as political reality is now as dead as Prohibition.”

“In the politics of consent, no victory is ever permanent unless the victor makes it firm on a base of persuasion.”

“Politics is a process which should slowly bring to public all the private worries and hopes of the individual.”