"That's the logic of legislation."
"You can't just rely on brute force. You need to know how to use the rules, use the procedures, and exploit human weakness."
"Do you know who the true master of legislation is?" Roosevelt suddenly asked.
"Who?" Leo asked, attempting a bit of flattery. "Isn't it you?"
"I wish it were me, but Lyndon Johnson was clearly a better fit for Congress," Roosevelt said with a laugh.
"That big fellow from Texas—he was crude, but he understood how every single gear in the machine of Congress turned."
"He knew every Senator's weak spot. He knew who wanted a dam, who wanted a judicial nomination, and who was afraid of losing the next election."
"He could weave all these seemingly unrelated needs into a giant web of quid pro quo, and then make everyone vote according to his will."
"He was the king of Congress."
"In the more than two hundred years since the founding of the United States, there has only been one Lyndon Johnson."
