I have enlisted for the permanent success of the Republican cause; and, for this object, I shall labor faithfully in the ranks, unless, as I think not probable, the judgment of the party shall assign me a different position.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.

We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests.

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.