He took the trolley instead of the bus because it was smoother and he could read on it. - Robert A. Caro

Nothing he has ever done has been tainted by legality [Robert Moses quoting an anecdote about himself].

Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals.

Her encouragement and reassurance were constant and extravagant. Once, not seeing her at a public function, he demanded, with something of his old snarl, “Where’s Lady Bird?” and she replied, “Right behind you, darling. Where I’ve always been.” At a conference at which he became agitated, she slipped him a note. “Don’t let anybody upset you. You’ll do the right thing. You’re a good man.