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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The development of an image is a mysterious thing: once a public figure has been cast in a public role, it is almost impossible for him to change the character. It is as if someone has assembled personality traits into a convenient pattern, no writer ever re-examines it: it is easier to use the accepted pattern.”