Adversaries Quote by David Hoffman

President Reagan was a master communicator. In this particular speech he did a brilliant job moving between the stately role of U.S. President and…

— Nancy Duarte

Reagan gave essentially the same speech from the beginning to the end of his political career, which was always, 'The American people are great,…

— H. W. Brands

[Ronald] Reagan talked to people across the world and he was very successful in communicating and treating people with dignity and respect, but putting…

— Reince Priebus

I'm a Reagan conservative. Reagan did negotiate with the Soviets. But you have to negotiate from a position of strength.

— Rand Paul

Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon…

— Barack Obama

I think that Ronald Reagan wanted to hear other people's views, and he always listened carefully, and from time to time he changed his…

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was…

— Brian Mulroney

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]

— Gerald R. Ford

I talked to Reagan for about six hours all told. and Reagan was willing to go along with it. He didn't look at his…

— Robert Scheer

Reagan's defense buildup and SDI, so ridiculed at the time, pressed Gorbachev, while his economy was collapsing, to make arms deals and improve relations…

— Michael Beschloss

Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you…

— Maureen Dowd

Again and again as president, Reagan let it slip that he concurred with fundamentalists' belief that the world would end in a fiery Armageddon.…

— Rick Perlstein