Posted on 03/14/2009 10:20:40 PM PDT by WhatNot
'Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.' - Ronald Reagan
'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' -Ronald Reagan
'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' - Ronald Reagan
'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.' - Ronald Reagan
'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.' - Ronald Reagan
'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan
'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.' - Ronald Reagan
'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program..' - Ronald Reagan
'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan
'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' - Ronald Reagan
'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' - Ronald Reagan
'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.' - Ronald Reagan
'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under..' - Ronald Reagan
The man was and still is the finest President in my life time.Sorely missed.
Amen to that.
What a guy.
We need more like him.
I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still.
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was eight years ago. But more than that; after two hundred years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.
We've done our part. And as I walk off into the city streets, a final word to the men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women across America who for eight years did the work that brought America back. My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.
And so, good-bye, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
“My fellow Americans,I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever.
The bombing begins in five minutes.”
That was hilarious.
The Russkies sh!t themselves.
I do miss R.W.R.
“Government is not the solution to the problem...government IS the problem.”
How appropriate in today’s times.
Here's my strategy on the War on Terror: We end the war, they win.
The most gratifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
The trouble with our conservative friends is not that they're smart; it's just that they know what I'm doing.
The taxpayer: That's someone who needs to be punished for success.
Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other, and we need a lot more of it.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I will prove that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
My 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 I succeed, there are many rewards; if I disgrace myself, I can always write a third book.
No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as useless as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
It is time to forget that we're one nation under God; it's one nation under me. I won!
As it is, Reagan is just the best president we've had since Kennedy or Eisenhower - not a bad legacy, but far below his potential.
As we worship at the altar of Ronald Reagan, let's not forget that he left gov't far bigger and more intrusive that what he inherited from Carter.
He sent unarmed Marines into Lebanon to be slaughtered while making the deal that let the PLO escape from destruction in Beirut when the Israelis had them trapped - something the anti-semitic traitor (/s) Ron Paul hammered him on in congressional speeches while the events were taking place.
His massive escalation of the WOsD directly led to what we have today - 92 yr old ladies being murdered in their homes during drug raids, millions of non-violent people arrested and imprisoned, the widespread acceptance of the "drug exception" to the Bill Of Rights, etc.
Iran/Contra
George HW Bush, who led to clinton, and to the disaster GWB who followed.
Amnesty for millions of criminal alien invaders.
Reagan may have done some good while in office, but overall I agree with Ron Paul... his presidency was a failure - not a disaster like the last one was and the current one is going to be, but far worse than what could have been if he had stuck to his beliefs.
And we are still here!
Arthur Laffer, once a chief economic advisor to Ronald Reagan, tells the story of Reagan’s first Cabinet meeting as president. The new Cabinet members, ready for their marching orders, had assembled in the West Wing of the White House. Reagan, the seasoned actor, waited for silence in the Cabinet Room. He then stood and said, “Gentlemen and ladies, I hate inflation, I hate taxes, and I hate Communism. Do something about it.” He proceeded to walk out of the room.
http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore200406070926.asp
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