“I'm inclined to think that, because it's such an awful life, that politicians do go into it for the best reasons. I mean, some may love the sound of their own voice. But it's such a wearying life, you've got to be impelled by some desire to leave the world a better place than when you came into it.”

“When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.”