Anyone who comes into your office with an idea, and it may be the silliest idea in the world, listen to them and never ridicule them.

I said in a speech out in Peoria that with Jerry in as vice president, the pressures on Nixon to resign would be unbearable. I know that Republicans see 50 House seats flying out the window in 1974.

You can't assume anything in politics. That's why every Saturday I walk around my district. I talk to the longshoremen in Charlestown. I listen to the people in East Boston and their concern on the airport noise. I walk down to the Star Market in Porter Square, and people tell me about meat prices.

The Reagan program is not working because the program is not fair - and, just as important, because the people themselves know it is not fair.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, if you're straight with the press, they'll be straight with you.