Reagan Quotes - page 2

Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when Ronald Reagan cut marginal tax rates, when President Bush imposed those tax cuts, they actually generated economic growth. They expanded the economy. They expand tax revenues. (Mike Pence)
It's time for conservative Americans to do what Reagan did. View quote
Mike Pence
I'm neither giving up nor giving in. I believe I'm still the fighter that Dr. King and JFK and Ronald Reagan knew. But it's a fight I must someday call a draw. I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure. View quote
Charlton Heston
I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos. View quote
Bo Gritz
Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio. View quote
David Gergen
President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you felt like there was only the two of you, and his wonderful wit would put you at ease. That was a tremendous gift. View quote
Elton Gallegly
President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness. View quote
Elton Gallegly
And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America. View quote
Ed Gillespie
When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win. View quote
Ed Rollins
To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s. View quote
Frank Gaffney
Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country. (Jim Ramstad)
I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and we usually spent our time together reminiscing about mutual friends. View quote
James Arness
Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life. View quote
Lyn Nofziger
Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that. View quote
Lyn Nofziger
In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death. View quote
Michael K. Simpson
I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan. View quote
Michael K. Simpson
Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history. View quote
Monica Crowley
I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town. View quote
Norm Dicks
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in. View quote
Phil Crane
I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan. View quote
Pat Boone
So I would say Reagan was the best, and certainly Clinton the worst. (Pat Boone)
I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President. View quote
Patricia Ireland
Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood. View quote
R. W. Apple, Jr.
Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks. View quote
Richard V. Allen
Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and eventually paid a political price. View quote
Richard V. Allen