“The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers t...” — Erich Leinsdorf Quote

“The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.”

“When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.”

“I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.”

“That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves, I would think, that our society is not yet either just or free.”

“It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies.”

“I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman.”