Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Reagan aizivikanwa kuti aigara achiseka muupenyu hwake, airatidza kuseka panguva yose yaakanga ari purezidhendi, uye aizivikanwa nokuda kwokutaura kwake nhau. Nhetembo dzake dzakawanda uye mashoko ake anonakidza zvakanyorwa kuti "nyaya dzinosetsa" uye "dzinozivikanwa". Pakati pezvakanakisisa zvezvinonyadzisira zvake paiva nechimwe pamusoro peHondo Yemashoko. Sechiedzo chemakrofoni mukugadzirira kutaura kwake kwenhepfenyuro kwevhiki nevhiki muna August 1984, Reagan akaita majee anotevera: "Vanhu vokwangu vokuAmerica, ndinofara kukuudzai nhasi kuti ndasaina mutemo ucharambidza Russia nokusingaperi. Tinovamba kubhomba mumaminiti mashanu". Pfungwa yaReagan yokusetsa yakacherechedzwawo nemazana avaAmerica paTempelhof U.S. Air Base June 12, 1987. Ndichipa hurukuro yokupemberera makore 750 okuumbwa kweBerlin, bharuni rakaputika mumutsara wokutanga. Pasina kutadza, Reagan akaseka achiti "akandishaya", achireva kuedza kwake kuponda kwaainge amboita
muna 1981. Aichimbova mubetseri David Gergen akati, "Ndinofunga kuti kusetsa ikoko... ndiko kwakaita kuti vanhu vade Reagan".