I'm a politician. What I say is not holy writ.

You must remember, my own philosophy is that you don't belong only to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you when you were brought into the world, which taught you, which supported you and nurtured you. You have an obligation to repay it.

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.

Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ

Every politician is emphatically a promising politician.

The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist.