President Ronald Reagan On His 1980 Opponent:

You Have Won The Cold War. ... [your] Underappreciated Valor [helped] Topple The Berlin Wall, And Bring Down Dictators The World Over. ... For The Past Four Decades The World Behind The Iron Curtain ... Looked To Americans For Hope, And America Looked To You To Get The Job Done. Today, The Free World Says Thank You.

I Don't Know How Many People Run For Vice President And President And Lose Both.

If We Had Known We Were Going To Win Control Of The Senate, We'd Have Run Better Candidates.

Sure, Losing An Election Hurts, But I've Experienced Worse. And At An Age When Every Day Is Precious, Brooding Over What Might Have Been Is Self-defeating. In Conceding The 1996 Election, I Remarked That "tomorrow Will Be The First Time In My Life I Don't Have Anything To Do." I Was Wrong. Seventy-two Hours After Conceding The Election, I Was Swapping Wisecracks With David Letterman On His Late-night Show.

I Know There Are California Oranges And Florida Oranges. When I'm In Florida, I Like Florida Oranges. Today, I Think California Oranges Are The Best, Of Course.