Reagan Quotes · Page 5

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

— Christopher Hitchens

Remember when friends was friends, and LL had a Benz? And cell phones and beepers was the new trends? When Koch was…

— Biz Markie

Dwight Eisenhower presented a face of America that was heroic and resolute; Ronald Reagan represented a return to confidence and glamour after…

— Joy Reid

“For seven of the eight years he was president, Reagan would not say the AIDS word.”

— John Irving

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

— Timothy Noah

I'm going to be the first black President of the United States. If Reagan can do it, I know I can.

— Omar Epps

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.

— Henry Kissinger

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…

— Max Brooks

When Ronald Reagan spoke a thing aloud, he believed it forever and for always. By the time he started running for president,…

— Rachel Maddow

Ronald Reagan's biographer wrote of the former president's final days: "for all the intimate familiarity of that face and body, I did…

— Edwin Morris

Whatever you think about his intelligence, what's unquestionable is that Reagan had extraordinary emotional intelligence. He could sense the temperature of a…

— Rick Perlstein

Reagan survived the Iran-Contra scandal because the elements of it that were illegal (aiding anti-communist Nicaraguans) were popular and the things that…

— David Frum

C. Everett 'Chic' Koop became U.S. Surgeon General under President Reagan. He was a world renowned pediatric surgeon who had a tumultuous…

— Richard Carmona

Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years…

— Eugene Jarecki

When Reagan left office, he was the most unpopular living president, apart from Nixon, even below Carter. If you look at his…

— Noam Chomsky

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government…

— Ralph Nader

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

— Walter Annenberg

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

— Ted Cruz

“Reagan himself deemed pot as “probably the most dangerous drug in America today” during the 1980 presidential campaign.”

— Steve Elliott

As a reporter having covered him for eight years in the White House, I am sure the media could have done a…

— Helen Thomas

It is interesting to see how far we've come as a society since then. But also how everybody keeps touching [Ronald] Reagan…

— Cynthia Nixon

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

— Elizabeth Dole

The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves…

— Daniel Keys Moran

My father was raised a union Democrat. He cast his first ballot for a Republican in 1980 for Ronald Reagan.

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

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

— Pat Paulsen

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

— Fred Ikle

Franklin Roosevelt had a pretty clear line. Ronald Reagan had a pretty clear line, people who rescue parties.

— Mark Shields

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

— Johnny Carson

I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public…

— Warren Beatty

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

— Tomas Borge

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

— Noam Chomsky

He may not have been a good actor, and I personally don't think he was a good president, but I'll tell you…

— Rod Lurie

Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush.

— Mitt Romney

“If God put me into your life to keep you from wearing a fucking tail," Reagan said, "I accept the assignment.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“Everyone in the room was so spectral-looking that Madeleine’s natural healthiness seemed suspect, like a vote for Reagan.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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

— Michael Reagan

I grew up admiring Ronald Reagan and Vice President Bush, and if I were old enough, I would have voted for 41.…

— Dana Perino

While only about half of the voters feel they know very much about Reagan or what he stands for, the Republicans who…

— Robert Teeter

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

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

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

— Rudy Giuliani