When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the Republican party he's a leader

A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture the flag. The party that loses the flag, as the Democratic party did basically from 1972 through the Iran hostage crisis, is in trouble.

Why, this fellow don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.