The Last Jeffersonian

A Journal of Democracy and Public Affairs

"At my age I didn't go to Washington to play politics as usual."

"Freedom should be the right to be stupid if you want to be."

Reagan's leadership depended so much on his speaking ability. When he entered politics, he believed he could be successful because he knew how to talk to people. He practiced public speaking his whole life, and by the time he became president, he was a master orator.