Author: Bert Lance

Quotes

The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not to be a competitive business.

The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not to be a competitive business.

- Bert Lance

Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute.

Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute.

- Bert Lance

I've always believed that if you had a fellow who works 150 percent of the time, he's going to beat a fellow who works something less than that.

I've always believed that if you had a fellow who works 150 percent of the time, he's going to beat a fellow who works something less than that.

- Bert Lance

In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed.

In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed.

- Bert Lance

I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.

I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.

- Bert Lance

In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.

In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.

- Bert Lance

Folks are serious about three things: Their religion, their family and, most of all, their money.

Folks are serious about three things: Their religion, their family and, most of all, their money.

- Bert Lance

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