Ronald Reagan in Quotations: A Topical Dictionary, with Sources, of the Presidential Years

President Ronald Reagan's folksy way with words and evocative delivery earned him the epithet “The Great Communicator”. From witty political challenges like “Go ahead, make my day” to legendary international demands such as “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall”, Reagan's idioms have become part of American, even global, culture. This compilation gathers almost 2,500 quotations from speeches and other public addresses that Reagan delivered, either in person or on television or radio, during his eight years as president. (Excluded are statements, proclamations and executive orders and press releases not actually spoken by the President.)

The 2,459 quotations, many multi‐faceted, are...