Charisma Quote by Walter Cronkite

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'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

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't…

— Douglas Brinkley

Ronald Reagan was one of our great foreign policy Presidents. He did not come from the Senate. He did not come from the foreign…

— Mitt Romney

I consider Ronald Reagan one of the greatest U.S. presidents since the World War II because of his staunch resistance to Communism and his…

— Yelena Bonner

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

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

Ronald Reagan was very successful.

— Michael J. Knowles

To me, the puzzle of Ronald Reagan is how a comparatively ordinary man, someone with not extraordinary talent, accomplished such extraordinary results. At the…

— H. W. Brands

I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he's complicated.

— 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 think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime.

— Johnny Ramone