Thomas P. O'Neill

You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.

That's politics. After six o'clock, we can be friends, but before six, it's politics.

All politics is local.

In 1977, when I became Speaker, I started meeting with TV reporters each morning when I arrived at work. Later in the morning, I would hold a news conference before the House opened. I always told the truth and almost never answered with 'no comment.'