“It's a funny thing about roads, though. You can hardly ever make them pay off. Say you've got ten roads that need paving, and you can only pave nine. The folks on that nine that you pave aren't grateful because… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“Living in New York City was worse than being in combat. People were herded about like cattle and always seemed in a godawful rush… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“Down South we've always believed that if a man had intellectual abilities, they would show through on their own without his having to brag… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“I've always felt that the best way to get rid of any enemy is to make a friend of him. It's a policy that… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“Many men have a passion for food or drink or sex or making money. For Lyndon [Johnson] it was politics. It was his natural… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“By the time Papa came on the scene, Georgia had regained self-government and was bound and determined to keep it, despite the best efforts… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“Politics is an all-consuming mistress that can destroy your family life, warp your personality, and wreck your health.” — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“It's a funny thing about roads, though. You can hardly ever make them pay off. Say you've got ten roads that need paving, and… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“When your appeal depends on an image, you have nothing to fall back on when the image is gone.” — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“The problem with trying to leave politics is that once it gets in your blood, it can be like a narcotic. You know that… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“When I see some over-dressed yuppie wearing suspenders today, I just smile and think that in some things Papa was ahead of his time.” — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“To this day it's hard to believe that a politician as smart as Dick Nixon could have allowed something that stupid to happen. He… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
“Even though the voters were overwhelmingly in favor of the three-dollar tag, the highway department wasn't about to get off the public tit without… — Herman E. Talmadge Copy Share Image
![“Many men have a passion for food or drink or sex or making money. For Lyndon [Johnson] it was politics. It was his natural element, what literally kept him alive.” quote by Herman E. Talmadge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/54d/herman-e-talmadge-28615_lyndon-johnson_many-men-have-a-passion-for-food-or-drin_622385.jpg)
