“Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”

“Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.”

“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”

“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”

“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”

“Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.”

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”