American politics Quote by Hugh Sidey

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars.

— Christopher Hitchens

Reagan did not wait out the Soviets; he beat them.

— Elliott Abrams

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

— Walter F. Mondale

Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

— Jon Meacham

“As sometimes happens with men who wish to fight but do not or cannot, Reagan developed a romantic image of the military.”

— Scott Farris

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.

— Joe Scarborough

They said Reagan was too dangerous. It was Reagan who ended the Soviet Union without firing a shot.

— Rush Limbaugh

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

Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.

— Mort Sahl

There's a wonderful cartoon of Reagan in a Western hat and he's saying, "A pregnant woman in every home, a gun in every holster.…

— Gloria Steinem

My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold War.

— Robert Dallek

Reagan, people claimed, was too old to run for president and to be elected. But he proved himself such a vigorous campaigner in the…

— Geoffrey Cowan