President Ronald Reagan on his 1980 opponent: "I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that Jimmy Carter came to me and asked why I wanted his job. I told him I didn't want his job. I want to be President."

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

Barry Goldwater once said ruefully, and I know how he feels. "It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be President . . . except me."

The state is now more involved than it ever has been in the raising of children. And children are now more neglected, more abused and more mistreated than they have been in our time. This is not a coincidence. This is not a coincidence. And with all due respect, I am here to tell you it does not take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child.

At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.

Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.

You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.