Fighting Quote by Heather Cox Richardson

Reagan survived the Iran-Contra scandal because the elements of it that were illegal (aiding anti-communist Nicaraguans) were popular and the things that were unpopular…

— David Frum

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

— Walter F. Mondale

We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork…

— Danny Glover

“Well, they got caught of course. The whole thing was so dunderheaded, how could they not? By November 1986, Reagan's "Secret Dealings with Iran"…

— Rachel Maddow

“Trust, but verify. —RONALD REAGAN”

— Stephen M.R. Covey

When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating…

— Valerie Plame

Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000,…

— Eric Alterman

Ronad Reagan might go down to history as a man who in the end of this administration brought about the first nuclear arms reduction…

— Helmut Schmidt

“Respectable opinion would never consider an assessment of the Reagan Doctrine or earlier exercises in terms of their actual human costs, and could not…

— Noam Chomsky

Even if corners were cut, (Iran-Contra) was a brilliant scheme. There is no possibility that anyone in any Democratic administration would have gone to…

— Ann Coulter

Having worked for him in the nuclear weapons policy business, I can tell you that President Reagan was committed to assuring the effectiveness of…

— Frank Gaffney

Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban.

— John Fugelsang