If it's a good story, it's a good story, and it draws readers in. H. W. Brands More Quotes by H. W. Brands More Quotes From H. W. Brands The Reagan Revolution has had no second act. H. W. Brands second act had revolution He used humor more effectively than any president since Abraham Lincoln. Reagan was not an especially warm person, but he appeared to be. Many people disliked his policies, but almost no one disliked him. H. W. Brands person warm humor people It wasn't the smiling Trump that people elected. It was the frowning, glowering, angry Donald Trump that people elected. H. W. Brands smiling donald-trump angry people To me, the puzzle of Ronald Reagan is how a comparatively ordinary man, someone with not extraordinary talent, accomplished such extraordinary results. At the age of 50, no one expected that this was going to be the guy who would become, at least in my interpretation, one of the two most important presidents of the 20th century. H. W. Brands me man talent age Toward the end of the 1964 presidential campaign, Reagan gives a speech on behalf of Barry Goldwater. It was like a screen test for a new career. H. W. Brands end career new speech