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“I think the Reagan people are superb marketers. Their whole approach to polling, to television, to the symbolism and the rest approaches genius.”
“I believe in the Camp David accords.”
“The course of nationalism, once it's attached to a cause opposite yours, is still the strongest force in the world.”
“What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the proposition that there's no role for American power anywhere on earth. I don't believe that's the case at all. I think we're the strongest force for democracy and for stability on earth, and we must have a strong capacity to perform that role.”
“Obviously, the domestic need is to shape an economic policy that assures long-term healthy economic growth and a reassertion of American competitiveness in international competition.”
“The most important thing I would do is to try to institutionalize U.S.-Soviet summits.”
“We believe in a solid, just, compassionate, hopeful future. That's why I'm in politics. That's why I'm running for president. And that's why I'm going to win!”
“Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III.”
“I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.”
“I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.”
“I believe there were things I probably should have done differently. But I'm not going to spend a lot of time crying over spilt milk.”
“I believe that Reagan's a radical on arms control.”
“In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and that's it. You might scream on the way down, but you're going to hit the bottom, and you're not going to be in elective office.”