My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.
Sam DonaldsonIn 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.
Sam DonaldsonSome days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
Sam DonaldsonNews conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.
Sam Donaldson