Reagan

[Margaret Thatcher] has turned the British bulldog into a Reagan poodle.

—Steel, David Martin Scott Steel, Baron

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

—Warren, Robert Penn

California's power to cloud men's minds must never be Baldwin forgot.Under its spell we submitted foreight yearstothe governance of Ronald Reagan, who had trouble distinguishing history from old movie plots.

—Baker, Russell Wayne

Lightning rods have had it better than Nancy Reagan.

—NewYorkTimes

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of  World War I. Never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.

—Noonan, Peggy

   President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience.

—Safire,William

   Ronald Reagan†wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due: he would have made a hell of a king.

—O'Neill,Thomas P known as  'Tip'

You can't figure him out like a fact, because to Reagan themainfact was avision† He came fromtheheartland of the country, where people could be down-to-earth yet feel that the sky is the limitönot ashamed of, or cynical about, the American dream.

—Shultz, George P(ratt)