David E. Hoffman quotes
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“I see in [George H. W.] Bush a striving to be Reagan-like in the sense of having a big vision, and eschewing small details.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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“When you look back at the fight against Communism, one thing that is striking is the degree to which we [the United States] were carried on by our own values. One of the real challenges of the new era is going to be to maintain those values and not adopt those of our adversaries.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : "Ronald Reagan Dies". Live Discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 6, 2004.
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“Today, we've got what seems to me to be binary-choice politics: black and white, ones and zeros, either you are with me or against me. How did we get here?”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : "Ronald Reagan Dies". Live Discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 6, 2004.
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“Presidents make history but are also a product of it. And there are two kinds: transforming and transactional. Reagan was a transforming president. He made history.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : "Ronald Reagan Dies". Live discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 6, 2004.
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“I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of the paranoia and fear among the isolated old guard in Moscow.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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“He [Reagan] was who he was, and it was not complicated. You didn't get a different person in an interview.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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“I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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“I do not think he [Reagan] put names and faces together but for a small group of people. There were a few, perhaps half a dozen reporters, that Reagan recognized, including my colleague Lou Cannon, and some from television and the wire services. The rest of us were faces.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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“My goal was to show the history of the end of the Cold War through both sides - the U.S. side and the Soviet side. I really felt that especially the Soviet side of the story hadn't been well told because we didn't know.”
-- David E. HoffmanSource : "'Next to Normal' wins Pulitzer Prize for drama" by Michael Kuchwara, www.today.com. April 13, 2010.
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“Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.”
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Source : "'An incredible container for transformation'". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. May 9, 2014.
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“Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.”
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“May you find INSPIRATION in the big picture, but may you find LOVE in the details.”
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