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

I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

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

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.

But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.

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.