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...your Web browser is Ronald Reagan. -- Neal Stephenson
Ronald Reagan is the world's largest Muppet. -- Robin Williams
Ronald Reagan: a triumph of the embalmer's art. -- Gore Vidal
No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan. -- Michele Bachmann
It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan. -- Ted Cruz
Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president. -- James Garner
Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot. -- Margaret Thatcher
[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
Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw. -- Jim Hightower
I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime. -- Johnny Ramone
President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan. -- John Lewis
You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan. -- Eugene Jarecki
The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan. -- Barton Gellman
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
Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president. -- Jesse Jackson
[Donald] Trump has more of a mandate than any president since Ronald Reagan. -- Rush Limbaugh
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
I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan. -- Ted Cruz
Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today. -- Lindsey Graham
Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns. -- Barney Frank
Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times. -- John Fugelsang
I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan. -- Michael K. Simpson
Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched. -- Charlie Pierce
Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon. -- Karl Rove
Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end. -- Eugene Jarecki
I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican. -- Renee Ellmers
I'm looking for a president that'll be like a Ronald Reagan to a Jimmy Carter. -- Rudy Giuliani
Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically. -- Joe Scarborough
When I was little, I met Ronald Reagan. I think I said something to him. -- Rich Fulcher
We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan. -- Thad Cochran
Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad. -- Gerald R. Ford
I tell people all the time that I was born and raised in Ronald Reagan's America. -- Marco Rubio
Ronald Reagan had a vision of America...Barac k Obama has a vision of Barack Obama. -- Thomas Sowell
I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous. -- Shannen Doherty
This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency -- Molly Ivins
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
News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind. -- Sam Donaldson
I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness. -- Steve Martin
I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances. -- John Bolton
[On Ronald Reagan:] The President doesn't want yes-men around. When he says no, we all say no. -- Elizabeth Dole
By the way, my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'm very proud of it. -- Donald Trump
Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color. -- Julianne Malveaux
Do Americans want the government to micromanage every aspect of our lives? President Ronald Reagan certainly didn't. -- Kimberly Guilfoyle
Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy. -- James David Barber
The youthful sparkle in Ronald Reagan's eyes is caused by his contact lenses, which he keeps highly polished. -- Sheilah Graham Westbrook
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
Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible. -- Christopher Hitchens
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In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. -- William L. Jenkins
I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... an Arctic region covered with ice. -- Steve Martin
I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for. -- Steve Daines
During his campaign, [Donald] Trump promised the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan's conservative revolution in the 1980s. -- Kelly McEvers
In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. -- William L. Jenkins
Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ronald Reagan. -- Mickey Rooney
I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice. -- Robin Williams
You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging. -- Walter F. Mondale
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Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish extraordinary purposes for our country without having to put our military forces into conflict. -- Mitt Romney
I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Bands have always written songs against what they see as wrong. Ronald Reagan really made for a lot of songs. -- Henry Rollins
Right now, if there's a gender gap problem, it's not Ronald Reagan with women; it's with Walter Mondale with men. -- Patrick Caddell
You could tell he (President Ronald Reagan) was an old radio guy. He never once looked at the television monitor. -- Harry Caray
Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars. -- Christopher Hitchens
Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union. -- Newt Gingrich
Ronald Reagan perfected the subtler version long ago by talking about "welfare mothers" - a code phrase for people of colour. -- Adam Hochschild
The Republicans in Congress, they believe in Ronald Reagan's Republican Party, not Donald Trump Republican Party or Steve Bannon's Republican Party. -- David Brooks
When the Democrat Party lost to Ronald Reagan in two landslides, it was the American people's fault. It was Reagan's fault. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
When the Democrat Party lost to Ronald Reagan in two landslides, it was the American people's fault. It was Reagan's fault. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
Ronald Reagan said a nation without borders is not a nation. Donald Trump is committed to restoring the borders of America. -- Mike Pence
I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport. -- George W. Bush
I'd be surprised if Ronald Reagan doesn't run again. To us it's a second term. To him it's a double feature. -- Robert Orben
I have nothing to say to him [Ronald Reagan], because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog. -- Muammar al-Gaddafi
Nancy Reagan actually took some movies that she didn't want to take because they were [with Ronald Reagan] really strapped for cash. -- Cynthia Nixon
I was an assistant U.S. attorney. I was the associate attorney general of the United States, third-ranking official under Ronald Reagan. -- Rudy Giuliani
You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11. -- Aaron McGruder
I think I've always believed in Ronald Reagan's adage, "Peace through Strength." Let's grow stronger on a transatlantic basis in our economies. -- Mike Pence
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
Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. -- Drew Carey
[Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history." -- Paul Kengor
If we build our military up to Ronald Reagan levels, [Vladimir] Putin's not going to push us anywhere because he can't match us. -- Rudy Giuliani
The central con of the political coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan and maintained by his successors was that government was a common enemy. -- Timothy Noah
Ronald Reagan reignited the American economy, rebuilt the Military, bankrupted the Soviet Union and defeated Soviet Communism. I will do the same thing. -- Ted Cruz
The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it. -- Daniel Keys Moran
In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones. -- Steven Weber
Don't worry, America. We survived Jimmy Carter, and we will survive Barack Obama. Only one questions remains... who is the next Ronald Reagan? -- Kathleen Troia McFarland
Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families. -- Mitt Romney
Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered the founders. -- Paul Kengor
Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought. -- Bill Jenkins
I believe in making government as Ronald Reagan said. Not the distributor of gifts and privilege but once again the protector of our liberties. -- Paul Ryan
Ronald Reagan said "trust, but verify." President [Barack] Obama is "trust, but vilify." He trusts our enemies and vilifies everyone who disagrees with him. -- Mike Huckabee
Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought. -- Bill Jenkins
Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul had a message that was clear, it was principled, and it inspired. It was a vision for a future. -- Ted Cruz
He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan] -- Gerald R. Ford
As much as we admire all the characteristics of a Ronald Reagan, as soon as something goes wrong, people will hate those same characteristics. -- Robert Orben
Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs. -- George Will
Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that. -- Bob Hope
The blue states we were able to turn red and basically haven't been red since Ronald Reagan. I think ObamaCare was the bigger hit. -- Rudy Giuliani
There have been many amazing Presidents in American history, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, all of whom I greatly admire. -- Donald Trump
Ronald Reagan said, 'Trust, but verify.' President Obama is 'trust, but vilify.' He trusts our enemies and vilifies everyone who disagrees with him. -- Mike Huckabee
I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative, I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues. -- Sam Brownback
If you look on the Republican side, the two Republicans who have most energized young people in modern times are Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul. -- Ted Cruz
Ronald Reagan just signed the new tax law. But I think he was in Hollywood too long. He signed it, 'Best wishes, Ronald Reagan.' -- Johnny Carson
I could run for Congress. Why not? Good heavens, if Ronald Reagan can be president, I ought to make a great secretary of the treasury. -- Sandra Dee
As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life. -- George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted upon them decisively. -- Margaret Thatcher
When Grover Norquist launched his project to name anything and everything after Ronald Reagan, I humbly proposed that the deficit be re-christened 'the Reagan.' -- Timothy Noah
Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later -- Michael Medved
Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later. -- Michael Medved
I was cooking breakfast this morning for my kids, and I thought, He's (Ronald Reagan) just like a Teflon frying pan Nothing sticks to him -- Pat Schroeder
In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites. -- Barbara Ehrenreich
Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore. -- George Carlin
You can't uninvent things, you can only make them obsolete... Ronald Reagan understood that the surest method of neutralising any weapon is to make it obsolete. -- Mark Steyn
Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan. -- Barbara Ehrenreich

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