With Johnson, you never quite knew if he was out to lift your heart or your wallet. Roy Wilkins

People who sneer at a half a loaf of bread have never been hungry." George Reedy

The air of compromise is rarely appreciated fully by men of principle. C. Vann Woodward

He is not the leader of great causes, but the broker of little ones.

The breath of life of the Senate is, of course, continuity,

their anxiety, justified or not, was genuine,

(LBJ) had what a journalist calls “a genius for analogy”— made the point unforgettably, in dialect, in the rhythmic cadences of a great storyteller. Master of the senate

Sam Rayburn on LBJ's recuperation from his heart attack: "It would kill him if he relaxed.

He took the trolley instead of the bus because it was smoother and he could read on it.

That speech (Daniel Webster's) “raised the idea of Union above contract or expediency and enshrined it in the American heart.

its size, the House was an environment in which, as one observer put it, members “could be dealt with only in bodies and droves.

I visited many places, Some of them quite Exotic and far away, But I always returned to myself.

If every Christian read Bible, they know that God's grace for us is Jesus Christ.

Losing Foxen was bad. It would leave her blind and lonely in the dark. Being trapped beneath the pipes and choking out her life was awful too. But neither of those things were wrong.

Remembering where and why you fell and learning the lessons well is a good starting point to start all over again with a better insight and a renewed fortitude and wit to dare again for victory!

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular.

It doesn't matter how rich you are - you know when you're being ripped off.

But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it.

You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences.