“Suddenly, a blockage that had existed for at least 50 years was removed. What the Reagan administration was able to do was recover the original understanding of the religion clauses. Neutrality toward religion does not mean secularity. It means evenhandedness.”
Douglas W. Kmiec
“At least when Ronald Reagan rode off in the movies into the fiery sunset, he didn't take us with him”
Walter Mondale
“The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”
Ronald Reagan
“We learned at least back then he was quite conservative. He was even a relative conservative in the Reagan Justice Department, which is saying something,”
Cass Sunstein
“In the heat of a political lifetime, Ronald Reagan innocently squirrels away tidbits of misinformation and then, sometimes years later, casually drops them into his public discourse, like gum balls in a quiche.”
Lucy Howard
“Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century.”
Rush Limbaugh
“Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.”
Mort Sahl
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