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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.
Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.
I like Ronald Reagan, who didn't play crass politics, and he just articulated and delivered on broad themes that were needed. Free markets meant free markets. Deregulation. Lower tax rates. Strong national defense. And he was credible and believable.
Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.
No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan.
I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.
In the '80s, Ronald Reagan inspired me to become politicized, because I grew up in that era when everything I cared about was under attack.
My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once in a while a country just needs a change.
As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.
I feel bound to respect Ronald Reagan, as every American should - not least because he chose a career of public service when he could have made a lot more money doing something else, and not least because he took genuine risks for peace.