This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it’s all checks and no balances.
Let’s all pull together and make these United States the grandest place in this whole country. I see a vision. A glorious vision. A united people, marching forward shoulder to shoulder, giving their all for the common good, working while I whistle.
My mind works so fast. When I think of something I say it. Lots of times I say it even before I think of it.
Education is worth a whole lot. Just think – with enough education and brains the average man would make a good lawyer – and so would the average lawyer.
My husband will never chase another woman. He’s too fine, too decent, too old.
The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony.
All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven’t done anything yet, and I think it’s just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share.
Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it’s nothing.
I’m the candidate who forgot to take off her hat before she threw it in the ring.
I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.
Classic Recipe for Roast Beef: 1 large Roast of beef 1 small Roast of beef Take the two roasts and put them in the oven. When the little one burns, the big one is done.
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she’d just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
Cultivate friendships. If you don’t have time to cultivate all of them, plow under every fifth one and collect your bonus.
Every politician must be able to keep both feet on the fence with his ear to the ground.
Try to understand me. Nothing is impossible.
A young boy shouldn’t be given up for hopeless just because he’s lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don’t be discouraged by those things – maybe he’s just trying to be like his daddy.
It’s foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who’s going to win a race – but it’s no sillier than asking anyone else.
Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I’ll develop my radio personality.
I think there’s so much good in the worst of us, and so many of the worst of us get the best of us, that the rest of us aren’t even worth talking about.
You’ve buttered your bread, now sleep in it.
Never place a period in your life where God only meant to place a comma.