It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.

If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative.

Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.

My only great qualification for being put at the head of the Navy is that I am very much at sea

There is no qualification or accrual of this right,

It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other.