Posted on 01/21/2006 4:01:06 PM PST by rhema
10. "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." —Remarks at a business conference, Los Angeles, March 2, 1977
9. "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans." —The Observer, March 29, 1981
8. “Thomas Jefferson once said, "We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying." —Circa 1988
7. "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting." —Said often during his presidency, 1981-1989
6. "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." —Remarks in Arlington, Virginia, September 25, 1987
5. "The 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." —Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business, August 15, 1986
4. “I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.” —Said often during his presidency, 1981-1989
3. "All great change in America begins at the dinner table." —Farewell Address to the Nation, The White House, January 11, 1989
2. "I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born." —The New York Times, September 22, 1980
1. "There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." — First Inaugural Address, January 21, 1981
It was a sound check that was accidentally broadcast live.
I liked "there you go again" and "tear down this wall".
The greatest leaders inspire people, and Reagan was the greatest at that. I can never get excited watching Bush, but I am glad he is in office.
Maybe if he had shown it during the campaign he wouldn't have been creamed by as large a margin. :)
Nice thread...
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LOL! This makes me want to reread my autographed copy of William F. Buckley's "happy Days Were Here Again".....
Bush is his own man, but still he could have been on par with Reagan in some areas.
Thanks, I had to slap myself upside the head when I realized that it wasn't the first thing that spang to my mind.
There are just so many great quotes from this wonderful man. As much as I like Dubya, he is not a good speaker and cannot hold a candle to the Great Communicator. I do think that Dubya is a better politician and has been able to work Congress better that Reagan, but I still miss Reagan's wit, style, and inspiration.
"I am going to miss Ronald Reagan for the rest of my life. He was one of a kind."
Agreed! He had a wonderful sense of humor. This is a great thread!
Me Too.
He is leading with the same kind of strength and integrity against great odds.........perhaps Bush's even greater.
I am speaking as one who was greatly inspired by Ronald Reagan and loved him deeply, but I find them absolute equals in leadership and strength. Absolute.
Our friends in the other party will never forgive us for our success, and are doing everything in their power to rewrite history. Listening to the liberals, you'd think that the 1980s were the worst period since the Great Depression, filled with suffering and despair. I don't know about you, but I'm getting awfully tired of the whining voices from the White House these days. They're claiming there was a decade of greed and neglect, but you and I know better than that. We were there
#2 Rocks!
It was C.S. Lewis who, in his unforgettable Screwtape Letters, wrote: "The greatest evil is not done now in those sordid 'dens of rime' that Dickens loved to paint. It is not even done in concentration camps and labor camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do no need to raise their voice."
Well, because these "quiet men" do no "raise their voices," because they sometimes speak in soothing tones of brotherhood and peace, because, like other dictators before them, they're always making "their final territorial demand," some would have us accept them as their word and accommodate ourselves to their aggressive impulses. But if history teaches anything, it teaches that simpleminded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly. It means the betrayal of our past, the squandering of our freedom."
- Ronaldus Magnus
I respectfully differ with your opinion. President Bush has always made me proud to be an American. He did even before he became president. That's one reason why I voted for him. He did during his first four years. That's one reason why I voted for him again.
I have always enjoyed the speeches given by both of these great American leaders. Both of them have given good and not-so-good speeches in their time, but neither of them ever had me in danger of falling asleep. In fact, I have recordings of some speeches from both of them. CLINTON on the other hand - I was never able to sit still through ONE of his ramblings. I can barely work all the way through a transcript while trying to find out if he really said some great thing the media said he said. It wasn't surprising he usually hadn't.
I tell you, everytime I read one of these threads I greatly regret being too young to remember this great man as our president.
Yeah....I agree. It's hard for children to admit that - at times. But I've grown up, hopefully.
I like your tagline. Great quote too.
I agree President Reagan was a better speaker than President Bush He truely was one of a kind.
By an amazing coincidence, listening to the liberals you'd think the first 5 years of this century have been the worst since the Great Depression, filled with suffering and dispair. Just another parallel. The libs are using the same playbook and making the same accusations against Bush as they did against Reagan.
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