I have criticisms of Ronald Reagan, but he lives in another universe from the kind of political theater that is represented by people, like Sarah Palin, who aren't really public servants.

It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed.

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

It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.

To say that Reagan teaches us that we should be against amnesty for illegal immigrants is to contradict what Reagan himself stood for - that he was in favor of amnesty.

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

I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the Dr. Ruth of American foreign policy, and the model statesman.

What was happening was the war on drugs. That was the primary culprit I could see that was getting in the way of black progress.

Reagan himself, for much of his life, was devoted against the elites. His antagonism to the Soviet Union is antagonism against oppression by the elites of the many.

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

There are people who are trying to advance themselves by wrapping themselves in Reagan.

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.

Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

It wouldn't be my move," Jace agreed. "First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order.

It was important to me that the book didn't comment on being a teenager, but felt instead like a story told by a teenager.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

We have a basic notion that unless we find a solution for environmental problems, we will not achieve sustainable growth in the coming years

I love stories. When I tell a story, I try to think of people sitting around a crackling campfire.

End is a gloomy word.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.