Complicated Quote by Eugene Jarecki

He used humor more effectively than any president since Abraham Lincoln. Reagan was not an especially warm person, but he appeared to be. Many…

— H. W. Brands

I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian.

— Will Durst

Humor is a marvelous communications tool, as Reagan has demonstrated so well. He has weathered many a storm that others might not have. With…

— Robert Orben

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

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 just find this interesting that Ronald Reagan was regarded much the way Donald Trump is except Reagan was governor of California. He had…

— Rush Limbaugh

President Reagan is a lot like E.T. He's cute, he's lovable, and he knows nothing about how Americans live.

— Elayne Boosler

I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's…

— Mo Rocca

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

Whatever you think about his intelligence, what's unquestionable is that Reagan had extraordinary emotional intelligence. He could sense the temperature of a room, and…

— Rick Perlstein

I see in [George H. W.] Bush a striving to be Reagan-like in the sense of having a big vision, and eschewing small details.

— David E. Hoffman

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

— Shannen Doherty