“I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of the paranoia and fear among the isolated old guard in Moscow.” PeopleThinkingRealizingPolicyUnionsSovietIsolatedSoviet UnionParanoiaMoscow Author:David E. Hoffman
“I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime.” ThinkingPowerfulWeaponsLifetimeDefenseInitiativeStrategicFruition Author:David E. Hoffman
“I do not think he [Reagan] put names and faces together but for a small group of people. There were a few, perhaps half a dozen reporters, that Reagan recognized, including my colleague Lou Cannon, and some from television and the wire services. The rest of us were faces.” PeopleThinkingTogetherFacesNamesHalfGroupsTelevisionIncludingDozenReportersColleaguesWireSmall GroupsCannons Author:David E. Hoffman