Dick Morris

“Spin is a tricky thing. You can't just say, 'My client is not a skunk.' You've got to say, 'My client is a victim of a conspiracy of skunks.'”

“Triangulation is the art of using your enemy's strength against him.”

“The essence of politics is to direct the public's hatred.”

“Always attack, never defend.”

“Every election is a new election.”

“It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to win the war. It is his job to cover the war.”

“Politics is a substitute for violence.”

“Hillary Clinton is the closest thing we have to a genuine radical in American politics.”

“The key to understanding modern politics is that it's all about emotion.”

“The problem with the press is that they can't tell the difference between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization.”

“The new puritans will have to be defeated.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.”

“The permanent campaign is the defining reality of modern American politics.”

“The media is the Democratic Party's advance man.”

“You have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you can articulate.”