Richard Nixon actually said...

I was also president of a student body - a very small institution - but look what happened to me.

I could say to you, too, that my two colleagues in the Senate, Ken Keating and Jack Javits, have done as much as any two men in the whole Co...

As a Republican, I am very proud of all of those who are my colleagues on this ticket.

No wonder the great opera stars are those who have this wonderful background.