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The Best Thing About Being President Is That It Gets You Out Of American Life. I Don't Know What The Theory Is Behind This, But It Is A Fact. The First Thing We Do With A President Is Shunt Him Off To A Siding Where Nothing American Can Ever Happen To Him.

The Twentieth Century Seems Afflicted By A Gigantic... Power Failure. Powerlessness And The Sense Of Powerlessness May Be The Environmental Disease Of The Age.

Schoolteachers Seemed Determined To Persuade Me That 'classic' Is A Synonym For 'narcotic'.

Letter Writing Was Clearly Important To Reagan. Even As President He Kept Dashing Off Letters To Friends, Pen Pals, Media People, Statesmen, Critics, And The Kind Of People Who Write To Presidents Never Expecting A Reply.

The Worst Thing About The Miracle Of Modern Communications Is The Pavlovian Pressure It Places Upon Everyone To Communicate Whenever A Bell Rings.