“The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare o...” — Peggy Noonan Quote

“The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.”

“Let's cause some senators distress.”

“If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.”

“Part of courage is simple consistency.”

“I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.”

“If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault.”

“When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.”

“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”

“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”

“The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.”

“It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.”

“War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.”