Quotes about Reagan

I'm a proud Reagan conservative. Votes: 3

Reagan proved deficits don't matter. Votes: 3

President Reagan's one-liners were terrific. Votes: 3

...your Web browser is Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

Raised during Reagan, suffered through Clinton Votes: 3

I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan is the world's largest Muppet. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan: a triumph of the embalmer's art. Votes: 3

Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded. Votes: 3

Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American. Votes: 3

Reagan bankrupted the Soviet Union by increasing armaments. Votes: 3

Reagan Republicans do not criticize the other Republicans Votes: 3

No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

President Reagan didn't always know what he knew. Votes: 3

Reagan has turned America into a tax haven. Votes: 3

Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President. Votes: 3

I hope a great young Reagan will emerge. Votes: 3

Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair. Votes: 3

Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not. Votes: 3

Reagan and Bush... made the world safe for hypocrisy. Votes: 3

It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot. Votes: 3

Jean Kirkpatrick [is] the chief sadist-in-residence of the Reagan Administration Votes: 3

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president. Votes: 3

[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan is the most ignorant president since Warren Harding. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century. Votes: 3

The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks. Votes: 3

President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw. Votes: 3

We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats. Votes: 3

You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio. Votes: 3

When Ronald Reagan became president, students could no longer get food stamps. Votes: 3

If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter. Votes: 3

Eight years after Reagan's nomination for president, the conservative movement is directionless Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns. Votes: 3

President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together. Votes: 3

His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.(Speaking about Ronald Reagan) Votes: 3

[Donald] Trump has more of a mandate than any president since Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

[Donald] Trump has more of a mandate than any president since Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today. Votes: 3

Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban. Votes: 3

Reagan's half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed. Votes: 3

Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like. Votes: 3

I thought you were just mean," Reagan said. "I liked that about you. Votes: 3

So I would say Reagan was the best, and certainly Clinton the worst. Votes: 3

I find it hard to argue with Reagan's old slogan: Trust, but verify. Votes: 3

[Ronald]Reagan and[George W.] Bush were far more radical than other presidents. Votes: 3

We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016]. Votes: 3

We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016]. Votes: 3

Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times. Votes: 3

Smoking cigarettes seems to alarm peace activists much more than voting for Reagan does. Votes: 3

There are people who are trying to advance themselves by wrapping themselves in Reagan. Votes: 3

Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal. Votes: 3

Only a few reporters...discerned that Anderson really combined Carter's ineptness with Reagan's simplicities. Votes: 3

The children of the Reagan Revolution are ready to assume the mantle of leadership. Votes: 3

When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold. Votes: 3

When I was little, I met Ronald Reagan. I think I said something to him. Votes: 3

I'm looking for a president that'll be like a Ronald Reagan to a Jimmy Carter. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon. Votes: 3

Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically. Votes: 3

Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way. Votes: 3

I think Nancy Reagan felt so judged all the time and she felt so unlovable. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched. Votes: 3

Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious. Votes: 3

I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience. Votes: 3

Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons. Votes: 3

I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion. Votes: 3

I am a frustrating interviewee. I'm like Ronald Reagan. I don't remember and I don't recall. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan felt very great regret about the deficits to which he contributed on his watch. Votes: 3

I look like this because I'm alive," Reagan said. "Because I've had experiences. Do you understand? Votes: 3

Reagan promised everyone a seven-course dinner. Ours turned out to be a possum and a six-pack. Votes: 3

This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency Votes: 3

I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he's complicated. Votes: 3

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference. Votes: 3

I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous. Votes: 3

We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost. Votes: 3

If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost. Votes: 3

I tell people all the time that I was born and raised in Ronald Reagan's America. Votes: 3

Nancy Reagan, when presented with kids with really painful disabilities and deformities, she was completely undaunted. Votes: 3

That would have been a great ticket, Reagan and Ford - an actor and a stuntman. Votes: 3

Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan had a vision of America...Barac k Obama has a vision of Barack Obama. Votes: 3

Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon. Votes: 3

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances. Votes: 3

I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color. Votes: 3

I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town. Votes: 3

Do Americans want the government to micromanage every aspect of our lives? President Ronald Reagan certainly didn't. Votes: 3

By the way, my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'm very proud of it. Votes: 3

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind. Votes: 3

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty. Votes: 3

[Reagan] was the best president in this era, as he had the perfect temperament for the job. Votes: 3

I feel like when I really did my research, I both came to hate Nancy Reagan more. Votes: 3

George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. Votes: 3

We survived Nixon and Reagan and George Bush, and so we can survive anything that comes along. Votes: 3

[On Ronald Reagan:] The President doesn't want yes-men around. When he says no, we all say no. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible. Votes: 3

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy. Votes: 3

In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. Votes: 3

In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. Votes: 3

I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for. Votes: 3

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Votes: 3

It is worth emphasizing that Iran released our hostages in 1981 the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. Votes: 3

If Mitt Romney had got the percentage Ronald Reagan did of Hispanics, he would have defeated Barack Obama. Votes: 3

He is himself again, more himself than at any time on this Earth." Nancy Reagan on her husband Votes: 3

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... an Arctic region covered with ice. Votes: 3

The [Ronald] Reagan administration told the business world that they were not going to enforce the labor laws. Votes: 3

They said Reagan was too dangerous. It was Reagan who ended the Soviet Union without firing a shot. Votes: 3

They said Reagan was too dangerous. It was Reagan who ended the Soviet Union without firing a shot. Votes: 3

During his campaign, [Donald] Trump promised the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan's conservative revolution in the 1980s. Votes: 3

When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. Votes: 3

The youthful sparkle in Ronald Reagan's eyes is caused by his contact lenses, which he keeps highly polished. Votes: 3

Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

President [Ronald] Reagan told me he would negotiate and negotiate and negotiate with the Soviets, and I believed him. Votes: 3

You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging. Votes: 3

If Jeff Sessions had been an editor of something like "Breitbart", Ronald Reagan wouldn`t have even nominated him. Votes: 3

I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles. Votes: 3

What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed Votes: 3

President Reagan was the quintessential Happy Warrior, and no one loves, respects, and admires Reagan more than I do. Votes: 3

I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles. Votes: 3

Under Reagan came the idea of putting your pension plan in the stock market, which wasn't a guaranteed pension. Votes: 3

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice. Votes: 3

It was during the Reagan years that defiance of international law and the U.N. Charter became entirely open. Votes: 3

Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish extraordinary purposes for our country without having to put our military forces into conflict. Votes: 3

I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth. Votes: 3

President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security. Votes: 3

It is absolutely right that President Reagan considers SDI and thank goodness people considered nuclear research before the last war. Votes: 3

I'm not a representative of the military establishment. I came in with the Reagan Administration in 1981 as a presidential appointee. Votes: 3

Bands have always written songs against what they see as wrong. Ronald Reagan really made for a lot of songs. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars. Votes: 3

I'm a Reagan conservative. Reagan did negotiate with the Soviets. But you have to negotiate from a position of strength. Votes: 3

Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood. Votes: 3

Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood. Votes: 3

In 1980, in 1984, millions of middle-class Democrats became Reagan Democrats, and more of them drifted toward the Republicans with Bush in 1988. Votes: 3

Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. Votes: 3

Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did. Votes: 3

He [Reagan] was who he was, and it was not complicated. You didn't get a different person in an interview. Votes: 3

You could tell he (President Ronald Reagan) was an old radio guy. He never once looked at the television monitor. Votes: 3

The only problem with the "children of Reagan" line is it reminds you that Marco Rubio is the young candidate. Votes: 3

Right now, if there's a gender gap problem, it's not Ronald Reagan with women; it's with Walter Mondale with men. Votes: 3

President Reagan is a lot like E.T. He's cute, he's lovable, and he knows nothing about how Americans live. Votes: 3

When the Democrat Party lost to Ronald Reagan in two landslides, it was the American people's fault. It was Reagan's fault. Votes: 3

When the Democrat Party lost to Ronald Reagan in two landslides, it was the American people's fault. It was Reagan's fault. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan said a nation without borders is not a nation. Donald Trump is committed to restoring the borders of America. Votes: 3

[Ronald] Reagan bitterly hated unions and wanted them destroyed. This began with the air controllers' strike and went on from there. Votes: 3

Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan - Bush . I'm not trying to take us back to Reagan-Bush. Votes: 3

Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country. Votes: 3

I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport. Votes: 3

The Republicans in Congress, they believe in Ronald Reagan's Republican Party, not Donald Trump Republican Party or Steve Bannon's Republican Party. Votes: 3

I have nothing to say to him [Ronald Reagan], because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog. Votes: 3

It could well be the end of justice in America. Do not let Mr. Reagan get his hands on that court. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan perfected the subtler version long ago by talking about "welfare mothers" - a code phrase for people of colour. Votes: 3

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan. Votes: 3

To be sure, President Clinton reached an accord called "The Agreement" in 1994 that purports to address some of President Reagan's concerns. Votes: 3

Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union. Votes: 3

And I'm supposed to believe that Reagan was a great leader? This is who he chose as the Secretary of Education... Votes: 3

The Chavez-Obama pictures will join a postmodern photo array that includes Donald Rumsfeld gifting Saddam Hussein with spurs from President Reagan. Votes: 3

A Masai warrior on a cellphone in the middle of Kenya has better mobile comm than President Reagan did 25 years ago. Votes: 3

We didn't know each other before [ the Killing Reagan], but I just knew we would love each other [with Tim Matheson]. Votes: 3

I'd be surprised if Ronald Reagan doesn't run again. To us it's a second term. To him it's a double feature. Votes: 3

Nancy Reagan actually took some movies that she didn't want to take because they were [with Ronald Reagan] really strapped for cash. Votes: 3

I think I've always believed in Ronald Reagan's adage, "Peace through Strength." Let's grow stronger on a transatlantic basis in our economies. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as. Votes: 3

I was an assistant U.S. attorney. I was the associate attorney general of the United States, third-ranking official under Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

[Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history." Votes: 3

Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. Votes: 3

This is not the party of Reagan. Today the conservative movement took a backseat to liberal Democrats in the state of Mississippi. Votes: 3

You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11. Votes: 3

I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say. Votes: 3

We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States. Votes: 3

As sometimes happens with men who wish to fight but do not or cannot, Reagan developed a romantic image of the military. Votes: 3

If we build our military up to Ronald Reagan levels, [Vladimir] Putin's not going to push us anywhere because he can't match us. Votes: 3

I was a freshman in college in 1980, the year that Reagan was elected, and I went around badgering people to vote for him. Votes: 3

Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military invasion: remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies. Votes: 3

Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. Votes: 3

Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan reignited the American economy, rebuilt the Military, bankrupted the Soviet Union and defeated Soviet Communism. I will do the same thing. Votes: 3

We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse. Votes: 3

I'm here to tell you the coffee was hot, the orange juice was cold, New York's still there and Reagan National is back. Votes: 3

My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold War. Votes: 3

Don't worry, America. We survived Jimmy Carter, and we will survive Barack Obama. Only one questions remains... who is the next Ronald Reagan? Votes: 3

The central con of the political coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan and maintained by his successors was that government was a common enemy. Votes: 3

The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it. Votes: 3

In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones. Votes: 3

I think my apocalyptic feelings went deeper than [heavily influenced by Reagan and AIDS]. I'm really at peace with how afraid I am. Votes: 3

I never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan. There can't be a rating [on the Clinton drug policy] when there hasn't been a performance. Votes: 3

If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied. Votes: 3

There were some things Reagan liked that I liked. The main component was that people have to talk to each other and help themselves. Votes: 3

Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that. Votes: 3

Thanks to Reagan, the insane now walk among us babbling about Starbucks and sodomite semen in this zombie apocalypse we call the 21st century. Votes: 3

As much as we admire all the characteristics of a Ronald Reagan, as soon as something goes wrong, people will hate those same characteristics. Votes: 3

Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today. Votes: 3

Reagan is the only man to take the presidency as a part-time job, a means of filling up the otherwise empty hours of retirement. Votes: 3

I believe in making government as Ronald Reagan said. Not the distributor of gifts and privilege but once again the protector of our liberties. Votes: 3

I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House. Votes: 3

He [Tim Matheson] is such a - he's not like [Ronald] Reagan - but he's so commanding of respect but he's also so sweet. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought. Votes: 3

Donald Trump descends in a very powerful way from longstanding tenets of American conservatism, they're just not the movement conservatism we associate with Reagan. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families. Votes: 3

Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered the founders. Votes: 3

Reagan is both too fatalistic and too modest to be a crudaser. He doesn't have that darkness around the eyes of a George McGovern. Votes: 3

The blue states we were able to turn red and basically haven't been red since Ronald Reagan. I think ObamaCare was the bigger hit. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs. Votes: 3

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan] Votes: 3

The endorsement of respected conservative Republican officeholders and politicians is particularly important at this time as to destroy Reagan's credibility as a loyal Republican. Votes: 3

I see in [George H. W.] Bush a striving to be Reagan-like in the sense of having a big vision, and eschewing small details. Votes: 3

In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul had a message that was clear, it was principled, and it inspired. It was a vision for a future. Votes: 3

The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan said "trust, but verify." President [Barack] Obama is "trust, but vilify." He trusts our enemies and vilifies everyone who disagrees with him. Votes: 3

Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system. Votes: 3

The thing which Reagan did, which was great, was he won the people. He marginalized the media. And that's what you need, an intellectual agility. Votes: 3

The author deduces the best way James Baker serve Reagan as Chief of Staff was to continually remind him why he wanted to be president. Votes: 3

I could run for Congress. Why not? Good heavens, if Ronald Reagan can be president, I ought to make a great secretary of the treasury. Votes: 3

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life. Votes: 3

President Reagan rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation, from the Reagan ranch when the Korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the Russians. Votes: 3

I remember the first few months of the [Ronald] Reagan administration when all sorts of things happened too fast. We cannot allow that to happen. Votes: 3

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime. Votes: 3

As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit. Votes: 3

I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative, I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan said, 'Trust, but verify.' President Obama is 'trust, but vilify.' He trusts our enemies and vilifies everyone who disagrees with him. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later. Votes: 3

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life. Votes: 3

During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric. Votes: 3

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan just signed the new tax law. But I think he was in Hollywood too long. He signed it, 'Best wishes, Ronald Reagan.' Votes: 3

If you look on the Republican side, the two Republicans who have most energized young people in modern times are Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul. Votes: 3

When Grover Norquist launched his project to name anything and everything after Ronald Reagan, I humbly proposed that the deficit be re-christened 'the Reagan.' Votes: 3

There have been many amazing Presidents in American history, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, all of whom I greatly admire. Votes: 3

I was cooking breakfast this morning for my kids, and I thought, He's (Ronald Reagan) just like a Teflon frying pan Nothing sticks to him Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted upon them decisively. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later Votes: 3

In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites. Votes: 3

Every White House I have covered since Reagan, when I got here, power has been more concentrated in the White House than the one before. Votes: 3

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

I was first elected to public office when the Reagan revolution was in full swing. Maximizing freedom guided the policies of that era, with tremendous success. Votes: 3

I really haven't seen this many people in one place since they took group photographs of all the criminals and lawbreakers in the Ronald Reagan administration. Votes: 3

Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore. Votes: 3

Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't condescend. Votes: 3

Now that [Reagan's] place in history is secure, [liberals] are trying to remake him. A pernicious myth is that Reagan and Tip O'Neill were great friends. Votes: 3

You can't uninvent things, you can only make them obsolete... Ronald Reagan understood that the surest method of neutralising any weapon is to make it obsolete. Votes: 3

Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity. Votes: 3

So far as I'm concerned, Ronald Reagan was the best president. Nixon was the worst. Some of his policies were okay, but he disgraced the office. Votes: 3

The American pledge not to negotiate with terrorists has been honored more in the breach than the observance from the moment President Ronald Reagan made it. Votes: 3

Presidents make history but are also a product of it. And there are two kinds: transforming and transactional. Reagan was a transforming president. He made history. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R. Votes: 3

As governor of California in 1970, Reagan endeared himself to millions of conservatives nationwide when he publicly rebuked the anti-war movement that was exploding on college campuses. Votes: 3

I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine. Votes: 3

There's the unique case of Ronald Reagan, who cited [founders] some 850 times, and in a way that was absolutely fundamental to understanding Reagan's vision for America. Votes: 3

If President Reagan could be an actor and become president, maybe I could become an actor. I've got a good pension. I can work for cheap. Votes: 3

Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn't hear them. Votes: 3

Reagan was sitting up at Cath's desk when Cath woke up. "Are you awake?" "Have you been watching me sleep?" "Yes, Bella. Are you awake?" "No. Votes: 3

America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country will never be forgotten. Votes: 3

So far as Im concerned, Ronald Reagan was the best president. Nixon was the worst. Some of his policies were okay, but he disgraced the office. Votes: 3

[Television executives] are afraid to advertise condoms that could save lives, but do not blush about telecasting a National Geographic special on President Reagan's pelvic plumbing. Votes: 3

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down. Votes: 3

Having worked for him in the nuclear weapons policy business, I can tell you that President Reagan was committed to assuring the effectiveness of our nuclear deterrent. Votes: 3

Remember that sign they hung up in an EPA office during the Reagan administration, "No good deed goes unpunished"? Under George Bush, no good science goes unpunished. Votes: 3

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down. Votes: 3

During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of longer-term challenges in other countries. Votes: 3

Anyone who would understand the Reagan victory of 1980 and the movement that eliminated the Soviet Union and revitalized America must read-indeed must study-Craig Shirley's brilliant, comprehensive work. Votes: 3

The economic success of the Reagan Administration was largely dependent upon the pyramiding of massive debt and the siphoning of capital from the rest of the world. Votes: 3

President Reagan, Jack Kemp and other advocates of supply-side economics understood that pro-growth tax, spending and economic policies were essential to America's long-term economic and fiscal health. Votes: 3

Another foreign-policy triumph for Reagan was his 1984 visit to China, where he met for more than three hours with Mao Zedong before realizing that Mao was dead. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan never did much to make abortion illegal. He did, however, deliver videotaped greetings, fulsome in praise for his hosts, to antiabortion rallies on the Mall. Votes: 3

My wife, Dixie, is evangelical Christian. We met in the Reagan White House, when she was a student intern. We're members of the Horizon Christian Fellowship Church. Votes: 3

I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less. Votes: 3

They asked me to go in front of the Reagans. I'm not used to going in front of President Reagan, so we went out behind the Bushes. Votes: 3

I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the founders. Votes: 3

It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed. Votes: 3

It is interesting to see how far we've come as a society since then. But also how everybody keeps touching [Ronald] Reagan and trying to evoke him. Votes: 3

I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor. Votes: 3

[Ronald] Reagan seems to be a man of some basic convictions and on the other hand willing to let others do the ground homework, the detailed work. Votes: 3

This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy description on the paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

We remember Ronald Reagan as a man who maximized his gifts from an unknown to an actor to a Governor to the leader of the Free World. Votes: 3

If we have George W. Bush as president, we're going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president. Votes: 3

Reagan did not suffer from the dismal plague of doubts which has assailed so many politicians in our times and which has rendered them incapable of clear decisions. Votes: 3

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? Votes: 3

Every year when I put away my winter clothes and get out my summer clothes, they fit. And I haven't been on a diet since the Reagan administration. Votes: 3

President Reagan was concerned - deeply concerned, emotionally concerned - with the loss of life of any American, but especially with the lives of military soldiers, Marines, navy. Votes: 3

Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan's free market enthusiasms. Votes: 3

The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin. Votes: 3

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.' Votes: 3

Reagan's emotional intelligence, his ability to suss out people's longings and to channel them for political purposes, was better than just about any human being that ever lived. Votes: 3

Reagan himself, for much of his life, was devoted against the elites. His antagonism to the Soviet Union is antagonism against oppression by the elites of the many. Votes: 3

I think, like Ronald Reagan, in another way, in a secular way, John Paul II was a great communicator, but he was also a man of deep conviction. Votes: 3

I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time. Votes: 3

You just want to love Tim Matheson and just cuddle him. He's really - and he's gorgeous. He has much in common with [Ronald Reagan] Reagan's outward persona. Votes: 3

It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help." Votes: 3

You can see it in the worship of [Ronald] Reagan, which portrays him as somebody who saved us from government. Actually he was an apostle of big government. Votes: 3

It's interesting how Obama's adorers in the press keep comparing him to Lincoln and Reagan. Apparently they can't think of a Democrat president worthy of being compared to. Votes: 3

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did. Votes: 3

Almost all first ladies have had tremendous power on personnel issues, whether the public realized it or not, whether it was Barbara Bush or Nancy Reagan or whoever. Votes: 3

I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.' Votes: 3

And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America. Votes: 3

Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened by taxation and regulation. Votes: 3

What do I "think" of President Reagan? The best answer to give would be: I don't think of him. And the more I see, the less I think. Votes: 3

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

As [House] speaker, I came back, working with President Bill Clinton. We passed a very Reagan-like program: less regulation, lower taxes. Unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent. We created 11 million jobs. Votes: 3

The number of illegal firings tripled during the [Ronald] Reagan years. It was at that time that you started getting these companies that specialized in how to destroy unions. Votes: 3

In the olden days, of course, cigarette companies would pay to have their product advertised in movies and to have actors smoke cigarettes.[Ronald Reagan used to do it.] Votes: 3

And if Henry Higgins is not the most reprehensible character ever written for the stage, that's only because somewhere, somehow, someone is composing a musical biography of Ronald Reagan Votes: 3

There are bursts of things like Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan or Franklin Delano Roosevelt or same-sex marriage that change very much what we thought we were all about. Votes: 3

I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President. Votes: 3

After the 1984 Summer Olympics, Reagan wanted to add the U.S. volleyball team to his Cabinet. He figured if they can't shove his programs down Congress' throat, nobody can. Votes: 3

I think [nancy Reagan] was a very controlled and controlling person, because she was so scared all the time and because she had such an inner sense of panic. Votes: 3

Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all. Votes: 3

Even in Kitty Kelley's book, which is so negative, they talk about, as with all first ladies, that Nancy Reagan is constantly around to take photo ops with kids. Votes: 3

Remember when friends was friends, and LL had a Benz? And cell phones and beepers was the new trends? When Koch was the Mayor and Reagan was the Pres? Votes: 3

The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and 80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry. Votes: 3

I think if someone else other than Reagan, someone less of a hardliner, had been in power then the breakthrough in ending the Cold War would not have happened. Votes: 3

They [the Reagan Administration] want to put street criminals in jail to make life safer for the business criminals. They're against street crime, providing that street isn't Wall Street. Votes: 3

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people. Votes: 3

The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and '80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry. Votes: 3

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington. Votes: 3

Reagan "has conducted an arms race on earth," boomed Mondale. A race generally implies two parties. The Soviets contributed a little bit to this problem, if Mondale had not noticed. Votes: 3

In the years of the Reagan-Bush administration alone, about 1.5 million people were killed by South Africa just in the surrounding countries. Forget what was happening in South Africa and Namibia. Votes: 3

Conservatives like Palin and Reagan and others do seem to love the series, but so do people of all political stripes and backgrounds. I speak about the series' "radiant simplicity." Votes: 3

What is wonderful to see is how incredibly affectionate and physically affectionate Nancy Reagan was, you know? She was so on her guard, she was threatened by just about everybody. Votes: 3

Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and eventually paid a political price. Votes: 3

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him. Votes: 3

This is Reagan country. Yeah! And perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California's Eureka College would become so woven within and inter-linked to the Golden State. Votes: 3

[Ronald Reagan] appealed to that group of [working American] people and we can do it again, because they've had, now, eight years of [Barak] Obama. Things have not gone well. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan's biographer wrote of the former president's final days: "for all the intimate familiarity of that face and body, I did not feel his presence beside me-only his absence." Votes: 3

Nothing is going to change the fact that I believe Ronald Reagan is the greatest president in my lifetime - may well be the greatest president this nation ever had. Votes: 3

I know that our country is strongest when we lead the world, when we lead strong alliances. And that's the way Eisenhower and Reagan and Kennedy and others did it. Votes: 3

The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington, D.C. after the tax cuts took effect. Votes: 3

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key. Votes: 3

Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult, but President Reagan's messianic and visceral attitude toward the Nicaraguan revolution could mean it will happen as an act of desperation. Votes: 3

I'm in favor of doing tax reform, but I think tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the [Ronald] Reagan years. We've resolved this issue. Votes: 3

When I read Frank Miller's 'The Dark Knight Returns', I think it's a wonderful record of the Reagan era. I think it's amazing. This is the time I lived in. Votes: 3

I am an advocate of having a gold dollar with Reagan's picture on it, and calling it the Ronnie. The Canadians have the Loonie, and we can have the Ronnie. Votes: 3

Reagan survived the Iran-Contra scandal because the elements of it that were illegal (aiding anti-communist Nicaraguans) were popular and the things that were unpopular (arming the Iranians) were quite legal. Votes: 3

I consider Ronald Reagan one of the greatest U.S. presidents since the World War II because of his staunch resistance to Communism and his efforts to defend human rights, Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongside him and shake your fist at the same things he was shaking his fist at. Votes: 3

I have criticisms of Ronald Reagan, but he lives in another universe from the kind of political theater that is represented by people, like Sarah Palin, who aren't really public servants. Votes: 3

I think Tim Matheson is amazing and I think he's amazing in this - I haven't seen the film [Killing Reagan] since we shot it, but I think he's just incredible. Votes: 3

The story of the eighties will be the story of the Reagan administration and the many men and women who served in it, some of whom are already out on parole. Votes: 3

[Ronald] Reagan talked to people across the world and he was very successful in communicating and treating people with dignity and respect, but putting America first in every single we do. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan's era can be defined, number one in most people's minds, by the Cold War and by the end of it - and by the strong principles he stood for. Votes: 3

Reagan grows up in 1920s Dixon, Illinois, and it's the heartland of America. It's a time when Americans are particularly drawn to this small town world because it's beginning to pass. Votes: 3

My big subject as a historian is how Americans divide themselves. What are the divisions that structure our political lives. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan were perfect foils for that story. Votes: 3

For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to reshape British society than Reagan did here. Votes: 3

All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves. Votes: 3

Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. Votes: 3

Reagan, people claimed, was too old to run for president and to be elected. But he proved himself such a vigorous campaigner in the primary system that he overcame those beliefs. Votes: 3

President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you don't hear conservatives crowing about that. Votes: 3

The stories have been told so often by those of us who supported President Reagan over the years that they seem mundane, almost like a fictional novel or a movie script. Votes: 3

I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television. Votes: 3

To say that Reagan teaches us that we should be against amnesty for illegal immigrants is to contradict what Reagan himself stood for - that he was in favor of amnesty. Votes: 3

When President Ronald Reagan asked me a stupid question once, I called him an idiot in public! I thought I was going to be arrested, but he laughed and appreciated me. Votes: 3

[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'? Votes: 3

Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer. Votes: 3

At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in the hands of competent loyalists, thus assuring a successful launch and a highly successful first year. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan have a lot in common - they're both smarter than their husbands and both consulted the stars for guidance, Nancy with astrology and Hillary with Barbra Streisand. Votes: 3

I have supported nominees for cabinet-level positions in the Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II administrations with people who I have tremendous disagreements with on substantive matters, and I've always supported them. Votes: 3

If you can stitch together that kind of coalition with young people, bringing together conservatives and evangelicals - and I will tell you, in Iowa, we also won Reagan Democrats, working-class voters. Votes: 3

NBC announced that during the summer Olympics they will set a new record by airing over 1200 hours of coverage. Which is amazing because that's 10 hours longer than the coverage of Reagan's funeral. Votes: 3

I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and we usually spent our time together reminiscing about mutual friends. Votes: 3

Reagan won the Cold War by first restoring America's economy and military and then staring down an economically weakened Soviet Union. He knew defeating Russia couldn't be accomplished without laying the groundwork. Votes: 3

[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There are incidents like that all through history. We have been here. Votes: 3

As a reporter having covered him for eight years in the White House, I am sure the press could have done a better job if we had known the real Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

Are you more likely to tolerate drivel than you were four years ago? I think the answer is yes. Four years of Reagan has deadenedthe senses against a barrage of uninterrupted nonsense. Votes: 3

The only people who really love the '80s are millennials. We had Reagan and Bush for our entire youth, the culture was terrible, the fashions were terrible, the movies were terrible. Votes: 3

The right way to proceed when we face the kind of challenges we face is to pursue the strategy which Ronald Reagan pursued when we faced the challenges of the last century. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan came from show business. His idea of how the government should help the homeless was like your agent. "We'll try to get you work. But don't bug us about it." Votes: 3

Reagan was a flesh and blood version of any other mute national emblem, say the Statue of Liberty. Everyone knows what she represents, but no one would dream of asking her opinion. Votes: 3

Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II. Votes: 3

[Nancy Reagan] took that career, that obviously mattered to her, and just tucked it away in a box, because she thought, "That's over with now. I'm going to make wifehood my career." Votes: 3

When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the service of a political tendency in the country with which I had already felt very strong disagreement. Votes: 3

[T]he myth that there was somehow a magic wand in the early 1980s to cure AIDS - a wand that Reagan deliberately refused to wave - is now almost conventional wisdom. Votes: 3

My friend Michael Reagan has given us the blueprint for a new Reagan revolution- and he has given Ronald Reagan back to us again. Read it, learn it, live it, love it! Votes: 3

I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998 American Godzilla film, Hollywood didn't understand what Godzilla was. Votes: 3

Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in. Votes: 3

I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process. Votes: 3

With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism. Votes: 3

While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom. Votes: 3

I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of the paranoia and fear among the isolated old guard in Moscow. Votes: 3

I did disagree with Ronald Reagan very strongly on trade. I disagreed with him. We should have been much tougher on trade even then. I've been waiting for years. Nobody does it right. Votes: 3

Ever since [Ronald] Reagan, they've been able to capture the message and an understanding - or persuade people of a certain understanding of what the nation is about and what's good for it. Votes: 3

At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk human rights debates with the West. They had their arguments ready. Votes: 3

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness. Votes: 3

When terrorists blew up the Marine barracks in Lebanon, Reagan was frustrated and furious, as Bush was after 9/11. But he didn't stick us in a war in the Middle East with no exit. Votes: 3

Four years of Jimmy Carter gave us two titanic Reagan landslides, peace and prosperity for eight blessed years - and even a third term for his feckless vice president, George H.W. Bush. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan in the US was not a particularly popular president, but after his death sectors of wealth and power created a huge propaganda campaign that converted this disgraceful figure into a semi-divinity. Votes: 3

Love is the strongest motivator of all, Reagan. Stronger than fear, stronger than hate, stronger than whatever else is out there. Love is more than enough to survive with; it's enough to live with. Votes: 3

Barack Obama's discovering what a nightmare dealing with hostage problems is - a discovery previously made by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, i don't see a lot of room for change in American policy. Votes: 3

Regardless of your political affiliation, most people agree that Ronald Reagan was an American icon. He was a president of national significance and for that reason he deserves an honor in the nation's capital. Votes: 3

Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government support. I just said, 'The hell with that. I'm out there.' Votes: 3

Reagan won because he was real. He believed in America. He told people he was gonna make it great again coming out of a disastrous four years of Jimmy Carter and Watergate before that. Votes: 3

[Ronald] Reagan had an agenda, three agenda items. George W. Bush had some. But [Donald] Trump, because people weren't listening, Trump has the longest agenda item list I have seen in modern American politics. Votes: 3

[Ronald] Reagan had an agenda, three agenda items. George W. Bush had some. But [Donald] Trump, because people weren't listening, Trump has the longest agenda item list I have seen in modern American politics. Votes: 3

I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy, brought to it a sense of optimism and possibility. Votes: 3

My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once in a while a country just needs a change. Votes: 3

Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and the conviction that the country is going to be better than ever. Votes: 3

Government grew under [Ronald] Reagan. He was the strongest opponent of free markets in the post-war history among presidents. But it doesn't matter what the reality is; they concocted an image that you worship. Votes: 3

I think in the years to come what Reagan will be remembered for is that he had the chance to stop the plague and he chose not to because the 'right people' were dying. Votes: 3

Before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry, there was National Review , and before there was National Review there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan?wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due: he would have made a hell of a king. Votes: 3

I did Popeye and Ronald Reagan and everybody was saying things like "yeah he's a cute little kid" but I started, little by little, telling stories about people I'd met and expanded my voices. Votes: 3

We were all anti-Reagan, we were all politically-aware, we were all anti-war and things like that. These days a lot of the newer bands don't even really talk about that sort of stuff anymore. Votes: 3

My Turn is the distilled bathwater of Mrs. Reagan's life. It is for the most part sweetish, with a tart edge of rebuke, but disappointingly free of dirt or particulate matter of any kind. Votes: 3

[On Ronald Reagan:] Jane Wyman seemed more upset with her husband's obsession with politics than I. I tried to make her laugh. 'He'll outgrow it,' I told her. To her it wasn't funny. Votes: 3

There is no moral equivalent between that butcher and thug and KGB colonel Vladimir Putin and the United States of America, the country that Ronald Reagan used to call a shining city on a hill. Votes: 3

Remember when Ronald Reagan was president? We had Bob Hope. We had Johnny Cash. Think about where we are today. We have got President Obama. But we have no hope and we have no cash. Votes: 3

The Republican Party is either going to return to the party of fiscal responsibility and consistent conservative principles as it was under Ronald Reagan, or it will continue down the path of 'sporadic moderation.' Votes: 3

Explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he helped arrange a private interview for them with First Lady Nancy Reagan: I didn't accept it. I received it. Votes: 3

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that. Votes: 3

The Tea Party is a group that rejects deep thinking, it rejects the very complex analysis that is involved in public policy, it rejects the kind of textured decision-making that Ronald Reagan prided himself on. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talking to people who go bowling on Thursday night, and they were understanding what we were saying. Votes: 3

Reagan was president and had Democrats control the House and Senate, and they reformed the tax code. Clinton was president, and he had Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole; they reformed welfare and balanced the budget. Votes: 3

Speaking of [Ronald] Reagan on the faith of the founders, he was particularly fond of George Washington, who he cited nearly 200 times, and almost twice as much as all the presidents since [John F.]Kennedy combined. Votes: 3

Conservative policies have on the whole worked - insofar as any set of policies can be said to 'work' in the real world. Conservatives of the Reagan-Bush-Gingrich-Bush years have a fair amount to be proud of. Votes: 3

I've been a Republican since Reagan. I voted for Bush and his father. I don't tell a lot of people, because I live in a city where somebody who voted for Bush is really an outcast. Votes: 3

In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death. Votes: 3

I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas. Votes: 3

One of the series of decisions that the great screenwriter John McNamara made was about who to depict. [Ronald] Reagan had a role in HUAC, he was a friendly witness, but never went over-the-top about it. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

We didn't exist. Ronald Reagan didn't say the word 'AIDS' until 1987. I've tried desperately to get a meeting in the White House; Gay Men's Health Crisis is already an established organization. I have a certain presence. Votes: 3

The Democrat Party of the 1980s chose the Soviet Union over Ronald Reagan, in Nicaragua, and in Moscow as well. Now, all of a sudden, they don't like Russia and they don't like the Soviet Union? Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War. Votes: 3

I talked to Reagan for about six hours all told. and Reagan was willing to go along with it. He didn't look at his watch, and he didn't allow his campaign aides to cut it off. Votes: 3

Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we're the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan was a great role model for Respublicans party, and I think for most people. But he was a fellow that the American public just intuitively loved so much, that he could always get credit. Votes: 3

It was weird to be in a movie that's very clearly a period piece [like Killing Reagan], but that's about a time that's within my own memory. That's really weird. And conscious memory, not just vague. Votes: 3

John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he's regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship, the leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale. Votes: 3

Nuclear weapons are to be worried about only when they're in the hands of Ronald Reagan - not so much when they're in the hands of a Third World anti-imperialist like Saddam Hussein. Can't you see? Votes: 3

The longer I stay in the States, the more I understand how important it is to smile and seem like a nice guy. Like Ronald Reagan. Your image seems to count more than what you do. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan came in - he was a leader. Some of my Democratic friends don't like it when I say that. He had a vision where he wanted to take the country, and things started moving again. Votes: 3

The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military and a presumed 'window of vulnerability,' which we now know not to exist. Votes: 3

Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks. Votes: 3

Liberals dispute that Reagan won the Cold War on the basis of their capacity to put mocking quotation marks around the word, won. That's pretty much the full argument: Restate a factual proposition with sneering quote marks. Votes: 3

We're in more wars today under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton than under George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan. Yet they tell you that Bush lied and people died, and we were all over the Middle East. Votes: 3

The Reagan years showed us that expanding economic freedom should be the North Star - the guiding light - of U.S. policy, because it is the best way to achieve sustained and broad-based prosperity for all. Votes: 3

We're in more wars today under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton than under George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan. Yet they tell you that Bush lied and people died, and we were all over the Middle East. Votes: 3

Nancy Reagan would just run up to these kids [with really painful disabilities and deformities] and hold them and pick them up... because I think she felt so judged all the time and she felt so unlovable. Votes: 3

[On Nancy Reagan:] At one photo op press conference, she toured a crack house and decried how awful it was, yet one suspected that for our Drug Czarina it had something to do with a plaid couch. Votes: 3

I also grew to love Nancy Reagan in a certain way. I learned more - certainly I learned more bad stuff that I had known about in greater detail, but I also got a lot of empathy. Votes: 3

Every parent is wondering, how do we keep our kids safe? We need a commander in chief who does what Ronald Reagan did with communism, which is he set out a global strategy to defeat Soviet communism. Votes: 3

Reagan was extreme. Beginning of his administration, one of the first things was to call in scabs - hadn't been done for a long time, and it's illegal in most countries - in the air controller strike. Votes: 3

As we begin this debate, I am confident that we will hear the supporters of this bill argue in the name of Ronald Reagan that this research is consistent with his long-held views about the sanctity of life. Votes: 3

Even when the [Ronald] Reagan revolution happened, it was in large way, a "'Let's make America great again' without saying that" kind of a movement, don't you feel? It was kind of a throwback to an earlier generation. Votes: 3

Throwing Ronald Reagan out of office at the height of his popularity, with inflation and interest rates down, the economy moving and the country at peace, would have required God on the ticket and She was not available! Votes: 3

I'm convinced Mr. Reagan would never be elected- I don't think his views are held by a majority of the American people...it's the Republican party that's going to be committing suicide by nominating candidates of that genre. Votes: 3

Reagan's neglect of the inner city is responsible for hiphop. Hiphop is created thanks to the conditions that crack set: easy money but a lot of work, the violence involved, the stories it produced. Crack helped birth hiphop. Votes: 3

If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. Votes: 3

The GOP leaders are upset with me, but the Republicans around the district are thanking me for stepping up to the plate and giving them a choice in this election of a real common sense conservative Reagan Republican. Votes: 3

President Obama had a few historians at the White House for a couple of dinners. I was lucky enough to be one of those asked, and he was very interested in Ronald Reagan, and I came away feeling that. Votes: 3

I am going to be using Ronald Reagan's Bible [during swearing-in]. But I'm also going to be using one of our personal Bibles from home; it'll be different than the one I used when I was inaugurated as governor. Votes: 3

During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, 'There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.' Votes: 3

I honestly believe that if I decided to be the president of the United States, I could do it. That might sound foolish to some. But in my mind, if Ronald Reagan can become president, why not Will Smith? Votes: 3

I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos. Votes: 3

Ronald Reagan is the closest thing [to the strong conservative] we have.He said that we shouldn't spend money we don't have, and he said that the government shouldn't get involved in things that it's not very good at doing. Votes: 3

I worked 30 years to try to restore respect for the rule of law because of Ronald Reagan's amnesty in 1986. And I don't want to let this go because somebody's heart got a little softer than it was before the election. Votes: 3

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary. Votes: 3

In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children. Votes: 3

I came up under [Ronald] Reagan and under [George] Bush, and what are we to do now? We are here to fight. People can run off all they want. But for me, [Donald] Trump is already in the Dominican Republic. Votes: 3

One of my little girls is named Reagan. Her first words were, 'Mr. Larry, tear down this crib.' That was her first words, it was very sweet. My first words were, 'Are you going to finish that sandwich?' Votes: 3

Eureka' was very bad timing. The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, and here was a film about the richest man in the world who still couldn't be happy. Politically and sociologically, it was out of step. Votes: 3

Donald Trump is not going to be the nominee, because we are not going to allow - people will wake up and we're not going to allow a con artist to take over the party of [Abraham] Lincoln and [Ronald] Reagan. Votes: 3

President Ronald Reagan on his 1980 opponent: "I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that Jimmy Carter came to me and asked why I wanted his job. I told him I didn't want his job. I want to be President." Votes: 3

I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. Votes: 3

There's no doubt in my mind that Ronald Reagan was by far the greatest. Because he had real principles and he stuck by them. He made clear what he was going to do, and he did it. He didn't back down. Votes: 3

Some of my Democratic friends don't like it when I say that, but Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat and still a leader. He brought strong people around him, and he had a vision for where he wanted to take the country. Votes: 3

I could write an entirely new book about Andy Warhol, but I don't think I will. I certainly don't think Nancy Reagan would like that, as she's been patiently waiting for Volume 2 of my chronicle of the life of her and Ronnie. Votes: 3

When you were a teenager in Colorado, the way to be a punk rocker was to rip on Reagan and Bush and what they were doing and talk about how everyone in Colorado's a redneck with a gun and all this stuff. Votes: 3

My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people. The best example is, Reagan and Bush gave us the best years of hiphop. Votes: 3

Reagan believed the power of truth restated the world and re framed the world. I am a Reaganite. I'm proud to be a Reaganite. I will tell the truth, even if it's at the risk of causing some confusion sometimes with the timid. Votes: 3

Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, 'I am not a crook.' Jimmy Carter says, 'I have lusted after women in my heart.' President Reagan says, 'I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope. Votes: 3

My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.' Votes: 3

I'm getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3

Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening. Votes: 3

It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan. Votes: 3

I wonder if these people today would think Reagan was a Reagan conservative. Votes: 3

I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. What a great honor. Votes: 3

I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade. Votes: 3

You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. Votes: 3