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. — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Do we pour $40 billion into grandiose Louisiana engineering projects or do we instead put up no trespassing- signs in the areas below sea… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,. — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you. — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
There is nobody that's ever going to fill Ted Kennedy's shoes, and that's a tall order for somebody in the family to try to… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
“The popular director of OWI was Elmer Davis, an ex-CBS radioman with an admiration for the wire services and Murrow. Working closely with the… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
“Conservation,” Pinchot famously wrote, “means the greatest good to the greatest number for the longest time.” — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
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… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie. — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
