22 Quotes by Bert Lance

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.

Country banks are more flexible in their lending policies than their city brethren are.

All these years, they've been giving lip service to saying that we are a party that is inclusive instead of exclusive. We've said the Democratic Party has a great big umbrella, and everybody can be comfortable under that umbrella. If they didn't mean it, then it ought to be pulled apart.

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.

If the house is on fire, and the fireman shows up, you don't question his color or credentials. You don't send him back to the firehouse and say, 'Send somebody else.'

If you have a situation where you need help, it doesn't make any difference where it comes from.

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

Some people just decide they won't vote for you, but it doesn't have to be all negative.

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