A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm's length, to make an assessment of yourself. So whom do I rely on? I rely on myself.
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.
The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.
No man is fit to be a Senator... unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.
The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.
I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.
I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.
Everybody makes personal decisions that are right for them and if you're in political life, you're used to having those analyzed.