133 Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

If Reagan had intelligence information that showed that the upheaval in Egypt is actually Democratic in spirit, then he would have, I believe, turned his back on Mubarak, even though there's a long friendship between the United States and Egypt.

If you're candid and just talk straight to people about the difficulties you're going through, people will understand. You'd be amazed how many people are experiencing similar situations.

Forget politics. The real story is the advancements being made in medicine. We’re on the verge of conquering cancer and Alzheimer’s and numerous other diseases. The DNA revolution has just begun. Scientific advancement usually trumps politics.

A crooked peace officer is just a damned abomination,” McCarthy wrote. “That’s all you can say about it. He’s ten times worse than the criminal.”48.

Conservation,” Pinchot famously wrote, “means the greatest good to the greatest number for the longest time.

When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography – Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindbergh, my pantheon of favorite heroes. Then I would write my own things and sew them together and try to make my own book.

I feel like I’m always learning from people.

There is nobody that’s ever going to fill Ted Kennedy’s shoes, and that’s a tall order for somebody in the family to try to live up to.

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn’t like to have enemies around him.