Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on the next).

The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as President, lived for more than thirty years after the White House; Truman, who worked intensely and gaily, lived for twenty

Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process.

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye.

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

While the Nixon Presidency induced a momentary sense of congressional unity, a more skillful President could readily restore the customary situation where members of Congress felt more solidarity with a President of their own party than with colleagues of the opposite party

What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?

Around the year 2023 the American people would be well advised to go on the alert and start nailing down everything in sight.

Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.