1980s Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Biggest mistake Reagan ever did re: foreign policy? 1984 decision to appease Hezbollah with Lebanon withdrawal”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Egyptian liberalism is typically presented as an odd combination of two arch enemies: monarchical (the liberal, Europe-oriented elite) and Nasserite (Arab nationalist, which despite…

— Tarek Osman

“I had taken office during a raging intifada, with Yasser Arafat running the Palestinian Authority, Israeli leaders committed to a Greater Israel policy, and…

— George W. Bush

“Like most Eastern Europeans, he was not amenable to the socialist ethic so many Israeli leftists still romanticized, despite the proven failure of Communism…

— Naomi Ragen

I believe that Reagan's a radical on arms control.

— Walter F. Mondale

“modern U.S. history. For an American president to be this insensitive to the security needs of Israel at a time of such bloody turmoil…

— Reed Ralph

' The government is like a babys alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other!' Ronald Reagan

— Andrew Guzaldo

When we complain to Egypt's Western allies about whichever autocrat is in power, we are asked, 'But who is the alternative?' It is a…

— Mona Eltahawy

“Reagan’s activity in foreign affairs is not an improvisation, is not a chain of spontaneous initiatives, but a carefully planned and coordinated action, something…

— Peter Schweizer

Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To combat communism,…

— Robert Dallek

[Ronald] Reagan seems to be a man of some basic convictions and on the other hand willing to let others do the ground homework,…

— Helmut Schmidt

I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least…

— Herman Cain