And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.

It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.

My personal opinion is that guns kill people.

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.

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