Eugene Jarecki Quotes

I don't think anybody is - no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man at the right time.

Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched.

For Ronald Reagan, the Presidency was the role of a lifetime. He was the star of the planet.

In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.

Nothing is going to change the fact that I believe Ronald Reagan is the greatest president in my lifetime - may well be the greatest president this nation ever had.

No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan.

President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

President Reagan was the quintessential Happy Warrior, and no one loves, respects, and admires Reagan more than I do.

We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan.

They said Reagan was too dangerous. It was Reagan who ended the Soviet Union without firing a shot.

You can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan.

President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world, a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions.

Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like.

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You can't be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth.

Ronald Reagan knew who the hell he was. He had his convictions. He was comfortable in his skin.

The first time I began to really think about politics was in fifth grade, during President Reagan's first term.

I actually have several busts of Ronald Reagan that have been presented to me.

Ronald Reagan helped me become a Republican.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

The legacy of Ronald Reagan will live on forever. I, of course, had the wonderful opportunity of working with him and getting to know him personally. A more wonderful person you couldn't meet. I think the coming down of the Berlin Wall will always live in infamy. I treasure his friendship and appreciate so much what he did for me personally and for the issue of reducing gun violence.

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'

The stories have been told so often by those of us who supported President Reagan over the years that they seem mundane, almost like a fictional novel or a movie script.

Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.

I feel bound to respect Ronald Reagan, as every American should - not least because he chose a career of public service when he could have made a lot more money doing something else, and not least because he took genuine risks for peace.