Quotes About Leadership

I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.

Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as.

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.

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

George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.

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.

No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan.

To my mind, a president should care about all people, and he didn't, which is why I will always feel Reagan lacked soul.

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan became, you know, not only a Republican but a pretty conservative Republican - not the most. But a pretty conservative Republican. And he's somebody that I actually knew and liked. And he liked me. And I worked with him and helped him.

Ronald Reagan would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on - that's how much he revered the presidency.

I want to see the next Reagan. I want somebody who brings out the good in Americans and challenges us to aspire to that North Star, someone who wants to empower our families and individuals and communities and let them be free to achieve their dreams. That's what's going to make this country again.

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.

Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American.

When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan.

I hope in the end that people will remember what Reagan said: that if he could get 80 percent of what he wanted, you call it a win and move on.

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

The Reagan Revolution has had no second act.

Reagan conspired in the underestimation of his own ability.

He may not have been a good actor, and I personally don't think he was a good president, but I'll tell you this: Ronald Reagan was a helluva character.

Reagan was no neocon.

While Democrats may never adopt the policies of Ronald Reagan, they should follow his golden rule of politics closely. Reagan adamantly instructed his party members to never publicly criticize another Republican.

As a seven-year-old, I had definite opinions on Ronald Reagan.