“Like most Americans, I live in the line of fire of a shooting match that is going on over Reagan's legacy. It's between shrill and extremist voices who alternately conceive of him either as an icon of all that's great and good or a representative of everything that's gone wrong with this country. And obviously neither is the case. He is just a man.” MenCountryVoiceLinesCasesGoneFireLegacyShootingRepresentativesIconsExtremist Author:Eugene Jarecki
“The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.” PeopleIdeasCountryWholeDemocracyPathFeetShapesLaborVoteOur CountryVigilance Author:Eugene Jarecki
“Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their Gs and saying things in a folksy sort of way thats meant to capture the hearts of people. And its all fraud; its all stagecraft. And people are falling for a great deal of elite behavior in this country packaged as if its proletariat behavior.” PeopleIfsWayHeartCountryFallDealsBehaviorCaptureFraudElitesDroppingProletariatStagecraft Author:Eugene Jarecki
