Conservative Quote by Douglas Brinkley

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

His track record of pragmatism, depth and candor all speak to a person who would find the Tea Party simplistic, opportunistic and misguided. Reagan…

— Eugene Jarecki

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

Reagan was an exceedingly likeable guy, just a heck of a nice fellow, despite his politics. He was funny and loved a good joke,…

— Walter Cronkite

I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.

— Shannen Doherty

Reagan's emotional intelligence, his ability to suss out people's longings and to channel them for political purposes, was better than just about any human…

— Rick Perlstein

Ronald Reagan was unusual in being an authentic personality. Unlike many professional actors - and politicians - he was much the same behind the…

— James M Strock

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public…

— Lyn Nofziger

Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very…

— Warren Beatty

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

Ronald Reagan was a great role model for Respublicans party, and I think for most people. But he was a fellow that the American…

— George W. Bush

In a gesture to moderate Republicans, Reagan put Bush on his '80 ticket, and Bush recognized that the Reagan crowd was rapidly becoming an…

— Steve Kornacki