American politics Quote by William F. Buckley, Jr

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

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

Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President.

— Keith Olbermann

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

Reagan did not suffer from the dismal plague of doubts which has assailed so many politicians in our times and which has rendered them…

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Eugene Jarecki

I'm convinced Mr. Reagan would never be elected- I don't think his views are held by a majority of the American people...it's the Republican…

— John Anderson

Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today.

— Lindsey Graham

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

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

— Elayne Boosler

Reagan has been deified by the Republican Party, which is odd. The Reagan that modern Republicans revere is not the real Reagan.

— H. W. Brands

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

— Jon Meacham