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> [Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mama's boy and he said no, more of a papa's boy. At the same time he was willing to say that his father had many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/ron-reagan-amazingly-qualifies-as-an-honest-broker-i-asked-him-if-he/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

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> [Ronald Reagan's legacy is deeply misunderstood because there are political actors in America who, for several reasons, have privately held agendas that they want to sell to the American public in the most appealing way possible. They often find the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/ronald-reagan-s-legacy-is-deeply-misunderstood-because-there-are/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

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## More by Eugene Jarecki

> [If we went back to the imprisonment rate we had in the early '70s, something like four out of five people employed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/if-we-went-back-to-the-imprisonment-rate-we-had-in-the-early-70s/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/the-whole-idea-of-a-democracy-is-that-we-ourselves-the-people-are/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [War is party-blind. It doesn't care who is in the Oval Office. The forces that drive us to war don't care whether it's Republican,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/war-is-party-blind-it-doesn-t-care-who-is-in-the-oval-office-the/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [The prison industrial complex, to put it in its crassest term, is a system of industrial mass incarceration. So there's what you call bureaucratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/the-prison-industrial-complex-to-put-it-in-its-crassest-term-is-a/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [As I was growing up, you know, I'm a white Jewish American born to Holocaust parents. My father fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/as-i-was-growing-up-you-know-i-m-a-white-jewish-american-born-to/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/you-can-t-have-a-discussion-about-politics-without-mentioning-ronald/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [There are people who are trying to advance themselves by wrapping themselves in Reagan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/there-are-people-who-are-trying-to-advance-themselves-by-wrapping/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [I have criticisms of Ronald Reagan, but he lives in another universe from the kind of political theater that is represented by people, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/i-have-criticisms-of-ronald-reagan-but-he-lives-in-another-universe/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/if-you-watch-the-evening-news-dr-kissinger-is-very-often-brought-on/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/the-thing-that-happens-is-that-politicians-run-on-tough-on-crime/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/it-is-only-education-and-understanding-of-the-past-that-teaches-us/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us putting profit before people. It all stems from one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/the-prison-industrial-complex-is-perhaps-at-least-domestically-the/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [You can call me an Eisenhower Republican. There is a gigantic gulf between an Eisenhower Republican and the kind of fringe brand of Republicanism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/you-can-call-me-an-eisenhower-republican-there-is-a-gigantic-gulf/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mama's boy and he said no, more of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/ron-reagan-amazingly-qualifies-as-an-honest-broker-i-asked-him-if-he/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

> [Reaganism as a political movement has enormous resources behind it and it seeks - through stagecraft and through a tremendous level of effort toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/reaganism-as-a-political-movement-has-enormous-resources-behind-it/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

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