--- title: "17 Reagan Quotes By Eugene Jarecki" description: "17 Reagan quotes by Eugene Jarecki. Plus more from Eugene Jarecki and more Reagan sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/eugene-jarecki-16452_end_ronald-reagan-whatever-his-pros-and-cons_3015699.jpg" --- > [Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/ronald-reagan-whatever-his-pros-and-cons-were-was-a-public-servant-in/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/eugene-jarecki-16452_end_ronald-reagan-whatever-his-pros-and-cons_3015699.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/eugene-jarecki-16452_about_you-can-t-have-a-discussion-about-politi_228645.jpg) > [Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/reagan-has-very-significant-things-to-teach-us-positive-lessons-and/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/eugene-jarecki-16452_lessons_reagan-has-very-significant-things-to-te_2990961.jpg) > [Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/ronald-reagan-had-many-fine-qualities-and-he-had-many-shortcomings-he/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/eugene-jarecki-16452_figure_ronald-reagan-had-many-fine-qualities-an_2549733.jpg) > [I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he's complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/i-don-t-think-reagan-is-primarily-funny-and-i-don-t-think-he-s/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/eugene-jarecki-16452_complicated_i-don-t-think-reagan-is-primarily-funny_2226771.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/eugene-jarecki-16452_advance_there-are-people-who-are-trying-to-advan_234505.jpg) > [Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their G's and saying things in a folksy sort of way that's meant to capture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/elites-are-once-again-invoking-reagan-dropping-their-g-s-and-saying/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/eugene-jarecki-16452_again_elites-are-once-again-invoking-reagan-dr_2116005.jpg) > [His track record of pragmatism, depth and candor all speak to a person who would find the Tea Party simplistic, opportunistic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/his-track-record-of-pragmatism-depth-and-candor-all-speak-to-a-person/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/eugene-jarecki-16452_advice_his-track-record-of-pragmatism-depth-and_1563604.jpg) > [I have criticisms of Ronald Reagan, but he lives in another universe from the kind of political theater that is represented by…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/eugene-jarecki-16452_kind_i-have-criticisms-of-ronald-reagan-but-h_288795.jpg) > [Ron Reagan amazingly qualifies as an honest broker. I asked him if he was a mama's boy and he said no, more…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/eugene-jarecki-16452_accountable_ron-reagan-amazingly-qualifies-as-an-hon_962313.jpg) > [Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/reagan-is-held-up-to-us-as-an-example-of-never-raising-taxes/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/eugene-jarecki-16452_changed_reagan-is-held-up-to-us-as-an-example-of_1769976.jpg) > [Reagan himself, for much of his life, was devoted against the elites. His antagonism to the Soviet Union is antagonism against oppression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/reagan-himself-for-much-of-his-life-was-devoted-against-the-elites/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/eugene-jarecki-16452_antagonism_reagan-himself-for-much-of-his-life-was_1437032.jpg) > [The big lesson of Reagan is: To think that he was some sort of simple figurehead and didn't do the thinking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/the-big-lesson-of-reagan-is-to-think-that-he-was-some-sort-of-simple/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/eugene-jarecki-16452_hood_the-big-lesson-of-reagan-is-to-think-tha_2022708.jpg) > [The Tea Party is a group that rejects deep thinking, it rejects the very complex analysis that is involved in public policy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/the-tea-party-is-a-group-that-rejects-deep-thinking-it-rejects-the/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/eugene-jarecki-16452_analysis_the-tea-party-is-a-group-that-rejects-de_3095756.jpg) > [Reaganism as a political movement has enormous resources behind it and it seeks - through stagecraft and through a tremendous level of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/eugene-jarecki-16452_behind_reaganism-as-a-political-movement-has-en_1002016.jpg) > [Ronald Reagan's legacy is deeply misunderstood because there are political actors in America who, for several reasons, have privately held agendas that…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/eugene-jarecki-16452_actor_ronald-reagan-s-legacy-is-deeply-misunde_2705369.jpg) > [Like most Americans, I live in the line of fire of a shooting match that is going on over Reagan's legacy. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/like-most-americans-i-live-in-the-line-of-fire-of-a-shooting-match/) [Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/eugene-jarecki-16452_cases_like-most-americans-i-live-in-the-line-o_1807259.jpg) ## Other authors on Reagan ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reagan/eugene-jarecki/#itemlist", "name": "17 Reagan Quotes By Eugene Jarecki", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eugene Jarecki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/ronald-reagan-whatever-his-pros-and-cons-were-was-a-public-servant-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/eugene-jarecki-16452_end_ronald-reagan-whatever-his-pros-and-cons_3015699.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/eugene-jarecki-16452_end_ronald-reagan-whatever-his-pros-and-cons_3015699.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/eugene-jarecki-16452_end_ronald-reagan-whatever-his-pros-and-cons_3015699.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.” — Eugene Jarecki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eugene Jarecki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/you-can-t-have-a-discussion-about-politics-without-mentioning-ronald/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/eugene-jarecki-16452_about_you-can-t-have-a-discussion-about-politi_228645.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/eugene-jarecki-16452_about_you-can-t-have-a-discussion-about-politi_228645.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/eugene-jarecki-16452_about_you-can-t-have-a-discussion-about-politi_228645.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan.” — Eugene Jarecki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eugene Jarecki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/reagan-has-very-significant-things-to-teach-us-positive-lessons-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/eugene-jarecki-16452_lessons_reagan-has-very-significant-things-to-te_2990961.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/eugene-jarecki-16452_lessons_reagan-has-very-significant-things-to-te_2990961.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/eugene-jarecki-16452_lessons_reagan-has-very-significant-things-to-te_2990961.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons.” — Eugene Jarecki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. 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