REAGAN Considero Ronald Reagan um grande estadista. Corajoso, não teve receio de fazer o que tinha de ser feito, ainda que isso lhe granjeasse ódios e inimizades um pouco por todo o mundo, em especial por parte da intelectualidade europeia; carismático, sabia comunicar de forma simples e clara, inspirando confiança no cidadão comum; idealista, acreditava piamente na democracia e nas liberdades individuais.

Reagan é o típico exemplo do líder mal compreendido na sua época, mas que com o passar dos anos se torna cada vez mais admirado e respeitado. Porque talvez não fosse um grande teórico, mas tinha princípios em que realmente acreditava. E porque, ao contrário de outros, fez o que tinha de ser feito, independentemente de certos erros que tenha cometido.

Aqui ficam algumas citações do "Grande Comunicador":

"Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born."

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it."

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."