Ronald Reagan @ 100: Top 25 Quotes

Reaganite Republican ^ | February 05, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."

"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose."

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." 

"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."

"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book."

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

"Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, Democrats believe every day is April 15th."

"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid"

"We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent"

"Peace is not the absense of conflict; it is the ability to manage conflict by peaceful means"

"Of the four wars of my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong"

"If the Soviet Union ever let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state... because everbody would join the other party"

"How do you tell a communist? He reads Lenin and Marx. And how do you tell an anti-communist? Someone who understands Lenin and Marx."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction; it's not something we pass along in our bloodstream. It must be fought-for, protected, and passed-along for them to do the same"

"Entrepeneurs and small businesses are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States"

"If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat"

"They say the world has become too complex for simple answers... they are wrong"

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help"

"Recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose yours"

"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement..."

BrainyQuote   The Quotations Page

Reagan 100: A Portrait in Courage -here-

Gipper's Greatest Hits clips -here-

Sarah Palin's keynote speech at RRC -here-

[Bigun]

New Tag line

[proudmilitarymrs]

Thanks so much for this post!

The world could surely use Ronald Reagan today.

Happy 100th Mr. President!

[imfrmdixie]

Great Idea.

[Henchster]

"How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin." - President Ronald Reagan, Remarks in Arlington, Virginia, September 25, 1987.

[Henchster]

“My whole family were Democrats. As a matter of fact, I had an uncle who won a medal once for having never missed voting in an election for fifteen years....and he’s been dead for fourteen.”

[Rocky]

Everyone ought to change their tagline to one of their favorite Reagan quotes this week to honor the Gipper.

I would like to do that, but the system won't let me use a tagline that long, so I'll just post it here:

"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility."

[Henchster]

“During a college demonstration when students chanted around the governor’s limousine, ‘We are the future,’ Reagan scribbled a reply on a piece of paper, which he held up to the car window:” I’ll sell my bonds.

August 9, 1973
Do you remember back in the days when you thought that nothing could replace the dollar. Today it practically has!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

How about some audio;

http://www.943wsc.com/pages/reagan.html?_show

[mel]

Big bokmark

[mel]

Big bokmark

[Miss_Meyet]

"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement..."

One of my very favorites...

Thanks!

[Richard Kimball]

I think my two favorite Reagan quotes (paraphrased) were from his debates with Mondale. When the press was saying Reagan was too old, and asked him about the "age" issue in the election, he said, "I will not make an issue of the youth and inexperience of my opponent."

The other was when Mondale was protesting that he was for a strong national defense. Reagan quipped, "Yes, I've seen your ads showing you on the aircraft carrier. It's a good thing you didn't get your way or you'd have been in deep water out there. You voted against that carrier four times."

[SonofReagan]

bump

[Miss_Meyet]

..."I will not make an issue of the youth and inexperience of my opponent..."

:) I really miss RR.

[The Mayor]

Good job,, a few spelling errors but good.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Taking up my earlier suggestion...

[bjorn14]

Another favorite of mine is: “I’ve noticed the only people in favor of abortion are the ones already born”

[CIDKauf]

“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose yours”
“And a recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his”

[Reaganite Republican]

Ah, I forgot that one... but do remember hearing it back in the 80s for sure

[CodeToad]

One of my favorites: “Missed me.”