Stoutly pro-tax-cut and libertarian on social issues like abortion, Trump is a Republican with the business know-how to turn the country's economy around.

Traditionally, Young Republicans have been a leading indicator of the direction of the party.

Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack.

Lay low, play dumb, keep moving.

I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.

Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business.

The rise of Trump is a repudiation of 30 years of bipartisan treason and failure.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

Donald Trump is perfectly made up. He's perfectly coiffed. He's perfectly lit.

In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished.

In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools.

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

The darker it gets, the brighter your light will shine.

God to be God must rule the heart and transform it.

One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow.

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time.

This country's gonna be rocking, this country's gonna be cooking, this country's gonna be sizzling, and everybody is going to want to be close to [Donald] Trump.