I would rather be respected than elected.

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural.

We are servants rather than masters in mathematics.