The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.

In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.

The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.

Let's face it: Many on the political right believe this president ought not to be there - they oppose him not for his polices and political view but for who he is, an African American!

I didn't come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew. I read magazines, I listened to radio, I watched television. I knew there was something out there, and I wanted a part of it.