"Never give your enemies any more reason than they already have to go on hating you."

“No man in Senate history has wielded more influence with less oratory.”

“Every Federal program which has contributed to the development of the West—irrigation, power, reclamation—bears his mark, and the great Federal highway program which binds this country, together, which permits this State to be competitive east and west, north and south, this in large measure is his creation. — John F. Kennedy”

“Because Arizona has two things people will drive thousands of miles to see — Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. They can't get there without roads.”

“I'am a workhorse, not a showhorse”

“I'd call Congress together, have the House elect a new speaker, and then I'd resign and let him become president”

“This man knows the legislative process as few others have learned them. He knows that legislation is compromise, he knows that there must be give and take, and he knows how legislative work is accomplished. — Morris Udall”