Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]

The theory was simple: If a man had enough sense to accumulate a bunch of cash, then he would certainly make a worthy U.S senator.

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

A sat note crept into his voice. "But something's missing now from political discourse.""What?""Caring about others," he said.

It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.

There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.

In politics, everyone regards themselves as a moderate, because they know some other sumbitch who's twice as crazy as they are.

I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me.

Being a reactionary is not about believing in certain solutions, but about having an acute sense of the complexity of the problems.

Mr. President; give me back my country. Allow people to have their humanity. If you do not do this, history will never absolve you!

Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.

Idealisme yang tepat sasaran adalah yang mampu menyeimbangkan pengalaman di masa lalu, situasi masa kini dan memikirkan masa depan.

The American political system is like fast food--mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things...and everybody wants some.

Perkembangan politik yang berakhir dengan kekacauan, demokrasi yang berakhir dengan anarki membuka jalan untuk lawannya : diktator.

The Pentagon still has not given a name to the Iraqi war. Somehow 'Operation Re-elect Bush' doesn't seem to be popular.