Letter Writing Was Clearly Important To Reagan.

Industrial-strength Foolishness Sets In-in Males, At Least-at About The Age Of 18. This Is Why The Military Prefers Males In The 18-to-25-year-old Range When There's Combat To Be Done.

It Takes Great Self-confidence To Write A Newspaper Column. Some Might Say It Takes Arrogance. Be That As It May, My Willingness To Pronounce On A Great Many Matters Of Which I Have Little Or No Knowledge Is One Of My Prime Qualifications For This Trade.

Serious Journalism Need Not Be Solemn.

Don't Try To Make Children Grow Up To Be Like You, Or They May Do It.

After That [father's Death] I Never Cried With Any Real Conviction, Nor Expected Much Of Anyone's God Except Indifference, Nor Loved Deeply Without Fear That It Would Cost Me Dearly In Pain. At The Age Of Five I Had Become A Skeptic And Began To Sense That Any Happiness That Came My Way Might Be The Prelude To Some Grim Cosmic Joke.