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
Spoken during a debate with Jammah Cahtah: "Well, there you go again."
When Reagan was campaigning for governor of California a bunch of hippies at UC Santa Cruz went up to his limo and screamed "We are the future." Reagan took one look, then scribbled his response on a piece of paper and held it up to the car window. It said, "I'll sell my bonds."
"He realized that the Soviet Union could not stand, was in fact crumbling, and would soon be relegated to the "ashbin of history.""
When he was wondering about his stance toward the Soviet Union, he was unsure about how to treat them. He was advised that he should just bide his time since the Soviet Union was self-destructing. His advisor and Russia expert was...Condoleeza Rice.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Ronald Reagan
My personal favorite.
'"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap." '
This one is currently being played out by Oddjob.
Thanks for posting.
The Great Ronald Reagan was (is) the greatest!
"Unfortunately Reagan was one of a kind and I doubt that anyone of us will ever live long enough to see anyone use words with that much power again, although Dubya's "you're either with us or against us" speech was close."
Reagan got a lot of flak from the media and the Dimocratz in general for being an actor, "Bedtime for Bonzo," etc. But after all his years on radio and in the movies, he had polished up his speech delivery and stage presence and had the brains to use both as a weapon against Gorby and against Dimocratz and Congress. His training on the stage served him, and by extension, this great country handsomely.
I had hopes in the beginning that Bush could equal Reagan eventually. But I gave that up when he wouldn't let go of the illegal alien guest worker agenda. It's too bad - he started out really strong.
This one pretty much sums up my philosophy on national security:
"We know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are too strong - it is when they are weak that tyrants are tempted."
And this remark, which isn't his most memorable quote, but still very powerful...when he accepted the GOP nomination in 1980.
"The American people, the most generous on earth, who created the highest standard of living, are not going to accept the notion that we can only make a better world for others by moving backwards ourselves. And those who believe we can HAVE NO BUSINESS LEADING THIS NATION."
I'm no intellectual or big theorist, but I know the few big things that if you get them right everything else falls into place.
--Ronald Reagan from Peggy Noonan's book "What I Saw At The Revolution"
Those in the entertainment industry today are much different than those from the old days of vaudeville, radio and early movies. I just don't see the same kind of polished delivery that was common then.
Schwarzenegger will never follow in the shoes of Reagan even if he is governor. He (or any other actor I've seen) just doesn't have the same aura of likability or the ability to think quickly on their feet.
As I have said before, Reagan was one of a kind.
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You're so right. That was incredibly awesome. Thanks for posting it.
Reagan saw what was going on with crystal clarity. I really miss him.
What GWB said "you're either with us or you're with them"!
There is a difference.
It was that speech from Bush - you're either with us or against us - that made me think of Reagan. And also on the eve of his reelection when the so-called polls showed Kerry ahead and Bush was quoted as saying "It is what it is." That calm acceptance was Reaganesque. Didn't Reagan say something about history will decide when he was being bullied by some reporters on his presidency and legacy?
He was absolutely the right man in the right place at the right time.
I fear we shall never see his like again, and I wonder at how blessed our country has been to have had leaders of his caliber over the past 225 years.
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