Character Quotes by H. W. Brands

I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class.

— H. W. Brands

The Republican Party has moved substantially to the right of where Reagan was.

— H. W. Brands

Reagan gave essentially the same speech from the beginning to the end of his political career, which was always, 'The American people are great,…

— H. W. Brands

Presidents are evaluated not by what they did by the stroke of their own pen; it's what they persuade Congress to do.

— H. W. Brands

In the business arena, the standard rules of morality don't apply. What we're really looking for is efficiency. It doesn't do anyone any good…

— H. W. Brands

There is a certain kind of sobering, civilizing effect that being president imposes on people. There is a certain kind of dignity with which…

— H. W. Brands

The Founders were anything but demigods to themselves and their contemporaries, who recognized full well that the experiment in self-government had only begun.

— H. W. Brands

The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress responding. With President Trump, it's been the opposite.

— H. W. Brands

The president was not the most important political player in the 19th century. Besides Jefferson at the beginning, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, the…

— H. W. Brands

The Reagan Revolution has had no second act.

— H. W. Brands

The shelf life of a seventh-year State of the Union address is about five minutes. Presidents can propose stuff. They're probably not likely to…

— H. W. Brands

When you look at the development of the American presidency, you see that the presidents who have had the greatest impact are the ones…

— H. W. Brands