Reagan's half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed.

Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that.

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

I don't like government, it's just that simple.

As long as there are two nations, two parties, two sexes or even two people there are going to be divisions. And all the talk in the world isn't going to change that. Thank goodness!

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.