“Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.”
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I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.
I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.
I played by the rules of politics as I found them.
We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.