Benz Quote by Biz Markie

There were no political ideas. It was an apolitical time. It was the '50s and in the privilege of the suburbs.

— Bill Ayers

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

— Noam Chomsky

Then basically what was happening was that it was the middle '80s, and Rolling Stone realized that a lot of their readers had voted…

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

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

In the '80s, Ronald Reagan inspired me to become politicized, because I grew up in that era when everything I cared about was under…

— Michael Franti

Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like.

— Christopher Hitchens

There's a reason why, when Reagan became president, he started getting rid of regulations, and we had a booming economy.

— Rick Harrison

Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux…

— Amity Shlaes

“The Kochs were not alone. As they sought ways to steer American politics hard to the right without having to win the popular vote,…

— Jane Mayer

The first time I began to really think about politics was in fifth grade, during President Reagan's first term.

— Ben Sasse

The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push…

— Cyndi Lauper