Budgets Quote by Andrea Mitchell

It was a particular pleasure to examine President Ronald Reagan's leadership. I experienced it first-hand, as a member of his administration in several capacities…

— James M Strock

There were some things Reagan liked that I liked. The main component was that people have to talk to each other and help themselves.

— Neil Young

Ever since [Ronald] Reagan, they've been able to capture the message and an understanding - or persuade people of a certain understanding of what…

— Steve Inskeep

Ronald Reagan knew audiences. It was a key element of his political genius. One of the things at which brilliant politicians are better than…

— Rick Perlstein

“I have intimate knowledge of what it was like to be young and uneasy and outraged under Reagan. My high school was 1980s America…

— Sarah Vowell

Ronald Reagan was so self-contained and impenetrable that his official biographer was practically driven mad trying to figure him out.

— Charles Krauthammer

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public…

— George H. W. Bush

Reagan's legacy is so powerful because he identified the state as the central issue in American politics.

— Chrystia Freeland

Ronald Reagan's career was so unusual, so unprecedented, that this would be very interesting to learn, to gain understanding of his way of looking…

— James M Strock

I was always impressed by Betty Ford and what she went through and how full of integrity she was, and how brave. I think…

— Teresa Heinz

Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious.

— Hank Stuever

Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as.

— Eugene Jarecki