#reagan

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. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#berlin wall #cold #cold war #coming #demise

The Army's new pitch was simple. Good pay, good benefits, a manageable amount of adventure... but don't worry, we're not looking to pick fights these days. For a country that had paid so dear a price for its recent military buccaneering, the message was comforting. We still had the largest and most technologically advanced standing army in the world, the most nuclear weapons, the best and most powerful conventional weapons systems, the biggest navy. At the same time, to the average recruit the promise wasn't some imminent and dangerous combat deployment; it was 288 bucks a month (every month), training, travel, and experience. Selling the post-Vietnam military as a career choice meant selling the idea of peacetime service. It meant selling the idea of peacetime. Barf. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#military #peace #propaganda #reagan #war

I'm going to let myself love you now. Don't freak out on me." He laughed. "No promises. ↗

— Olivia Cunning

#trey #love

President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you felt like there was only the two of you, and his wonderful wit would put you at ease. That was a tremendous gift. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#because #could #ease #felt #gift

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio. ↗

— David R. Gergen

#franklin #franklin roosevelt #radio #reagan #ronald

The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#california #dear #even #friends #governor

First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#built #enthusiastic #first #had #him

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#control #environmentalist #everything #happens #himself

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#backs #demands #elected #getting #government

As we begin this debate, I am confident that we will hear the supporters of this bill argue in the name of Ronald Reagan that this research is consistent with his long-held views about the sanctity of life. ↗

— Mike Pence

#am #argue #begin #bill #confident