In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where he has a house to sell

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

[San Francisco] . . . the city that never was a town.

[Pretending is indeed the Washington game. Pretend independence, for instance. Recall House Speaker Sam Rayburn's attributed standard greeting to new Democrat members of Congress, per:] Remember, to get along, go along. ... There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's money that changes everything in a city.