“I played by the rules of politics as I found them.”
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It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.
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.
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.
