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I'm a proud Reagan conservative. -- John McCain
Reagan proved deficits don't matter. -- Dick Cheney
President Reagan's one-liners were terrific. -- Geraldine Ferraro
...your Web browser is Ronald Reagan. -- Neal Stephenson
Raised during Reagan, suffered through Clinton -- Andrew Wilkow
I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush. -- Mitt Romney
Ronald Reagan is the world's largest Muppet. -- Robin Williams
Ronald Reagan: a triumph of the embalmer's art. -- Gore Vidal
Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded. -- Bill Hicks
Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American. -- Douglas Brinkley
Reagan bankrupted the Soviet Union by increasing armaments. -- Norman Mailer
Reagan Republicans do not criticize the other Republicans -- Megyn Kelly
No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan. -- Michele Bachmann
President Reagan didn't always know what he knew. -- Oliver North
Reagan has turned America into a tax haven. -- John Updike
Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President. -- Keith Olbermann
I hope a great young Reagan will emerge. -- Pat Boone
Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair. -- Johnny Carson
Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not. -- Barbara Bush
Reagan and Bush... made the world safe for hypocrisy. -- Julia Phillips
It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan. -- Ted Cruz
Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot. -- Margaret Thatcher
Jean Kirkpatrick [is] the chief sadist-in-residence of the Reagan Administration -- Noam Chomsky
Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness. -- Jon Meacham
Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president. -- James Garner
[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears. -- Margaret Thatcher
Ronald Reagan is the most ignorant president since Warren Harding. -- Ralph Nader
Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century. -- Rush Limbaugh
The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan. -- Barton Gellman
You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks. -- Robin Williams
President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan. -- John Lewis
I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime. -- Johnny Ramone
Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw. -- Jim Hightower
We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats. -- Sarah Palin
You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan. -- Eugene Jarecki
Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy. -- David Frum
Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president. -- Jesse Jackson
Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio. -- David Gergen
When Ronald Reagan became president, students could no longer get food stamps. -- Julianne Malveaux
If Reagan wins, I'd sell the farm and buy a bomb shelter. -- George McGovern
Eight years after Reagan's nomination for president, the conservative movement is directionless -- Richard Viguerie
Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns. -- Barney Frank
President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together. -- Ted Cruz
His smile was the nightmare in my back pocket.(Speaking about Ronald Reagan) -- William Gibson
[Donald] Trump has more of a mandate than any president since Ronald Reagan. -- Rush Limbaugh
[Donald] Trump has more of a mandate than any president since Ronald Reagan. -- Rush Limbaugh
I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan. -- Ted Cruz
I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans. -- Fred Upton
Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today. -- Lindsey Graham
Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban. -- John Fugelsang
Reagan's half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed. -- Lyn Nofziger
Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like. -- Christopher Hitchens
I thought you were just mean," Reagan said. "I liked that about you. -- Rainbow Rowell
So I would say Reagan was the best, and certainly Clinton the worst. -- Pat Boone
I find it hard to argue with Reagan's old slogan: Trust, but verify. -- David Hoffman
[Ronald]Reagan and[George W.] Bush were far more radical than other presidents. -- Kevin Drum
We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016]. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016]. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times. -- John Fugelsang
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There are people who are trying to advance themselves by wrapping themselves in Reagan. -- Eugene Jarecki
Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal. -- Randall Robinson
Only a few reporters...discerned that Anderson really combined Carter's ineptness with Reagan's simplicities. -- Edwin Diamond
The children of the Reagan Revolution are ready to assume the mantle of leadership. -- Marco Rubio
When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold. -- David Gergen
When I was little, I met Ronald Reagan. I think I said something to him. -- Rich Fulcher
I'm looking for a president that'll be like a Ronald Reagan to a Jimmy Carter. -- Rudy Giuliani
Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon. -- Karl Rove
Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife. -- Christopher Hitchens
Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end. -- Eugene Jarecki
Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically. -- Joe Scarborough
Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy. It's the Reagan way. -- George P. Shultz
I think Nancy Reagan felt so judged all the time and she felt so unlovable. -- Cynthia Nixon
Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched. -- Charlie Pierce
Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious. -- Hank Stuever
I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan. -- Michael K. Simpson
President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience. -- William Safire
Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons. -- Eugene Jarecki
I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican. -- Renee Ellmers
Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad. -- Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion. -- Fred Barnes
I am a frustrating interviewee. I'm like Ronald Reagan. I don't remember and I don't recall. -- Misha Collins
Ronald Reagan felt very great regret about the deficits to which he contributed on his watch. -- Eugene Jarecki
I look like this because I'm alive," Reagan said. "Because I've had experiences. Do you understand? -- Rainbow Rowell
Reagan promised everyone a seven-course dinner. Ours turned out to be a possum and a six-pack. -- Jim Hightower
This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency -- Molly Ivins
I don't think Reagan is primarily funny, and I don't think he's primarily marvelous; he's complicated. -- Eugene Jarecki
Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference. -- Mort Sahl
I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous. -- Shannen Doherty
We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan. -- Thad Cochran
Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost. -- Mort Sahl
If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost. -- Lawrence Bender
I tell people all the time that I was born and raised in Ronald Reagan's America. -- Marco Rubio
Nancy Reagan, when presented with kids with really painful disabilities and deformities, she was completely undaunted. -- Cynthia Nixon
That would have been a great ticket, Reagan and Ford - an actor and a stuntman. -- Johnny Carson
Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing. -- McGeorge Bundy
Ronald Reagan had a vision of America...Barac k Obama has a vision of Barack Obama. -- Thomas Sowell
Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon. -- Robin Lakoff
I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances. -- John Bolton
I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness. -- Steve Martin
Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color. -- Julianne Malveaux
I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town. -- Norm Dicks
Do Americans want the government to micromanage every aspect of our lives? President Ronald Reagan certainly didn't. -- Kimberly Guilfoyle
By the way, my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'm very proud of it. -- Donald Trump
News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind. -- Sam Donaldson
I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty. -- Walter Annenberg
[Reagan] was the best president in this era, as he had the perfect temperament for the job. -- Dan Patrick
I feel like when I really did my research, I both came to hate Nancy Reagan more. -- Cynthia Nixon
George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's. -- Nancy Gibbs
We survived Nixon and Reagan and George Bush, and so we can survive anything that comes along. -- Tommy Chong
[On Ronald Reagan:] The President doesn't want yes-men around. When he says no, we all say no. -- Elizabeth Dole
Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible. -- Christopher Hitchens
I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. -- Dom DeLuise
Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy. -- James David Barber
In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. -- William L. Jenkins
In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. -- William L. Jenkins
I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for. -- Steve Daines
I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. -- Robert Penn Warren
It is worth emphasizing that Iran released our hostages in 1981 the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. -- Ted Cruz
If Mitt Romney had got the percentage Ronald Reagan did of Hispanics, he would have defeated Barack Obama. -- Mark Shields

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