Richard Burr Quotes

Ronald Reagan: a triumph of the embalmer's art.

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.

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

Regardless of your political affiliation, most people agree that Ronald Reagan was an American icon. He was a president of national significance and for that reason he deserves an honor in the nation's capital.

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

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.

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.

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

Ronald Reagan came in - he was a leader. Some of my Democratic friends don't like it when I say that. He had a vision where he wanted to take the country, and things started moving again.

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

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

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 very successful.

To Ronald Wilson Regan, The Fortieth President of The United States: The Man Who Won The War.

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

We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.

In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America.

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

Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.

All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.

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.

Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America.

I'm getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan.

The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall', a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.

Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War.