Top 10 Greatest Quips from Ronald Reagan

Human Events ^ | 1/20/05

[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

[des]

# 1 and # 2 could pretty much change a person's life...forever.

[des]

Thank you for that.

[Dosa26]

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

Priceless.

[des]

Stop it Ronnie...yer killin' me :)

[des]

both have their priorities in order...I trust President Bush at least as much as I trusted Mr. Reagan. It's just that I LOVE Ronnie :)

[des]

For the young ones, no First Lady has ever been vilified to the degree that Mrs. Reagan was. As an oncology nurse on that, I believe Friday evening, when she was publicly announced to have been diagnosed with breast cancer, I cried and cried. So much was discussed about her looks and style, all critical, though she was in her sixties. I thought of the road ahead with chemo/rad, etc. and the public's response. On Monday, if I remember correctly, she had already had the radical. There were things to do.

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP!

[samtheman]

"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."

And how do you tell a modern American leftist? It's someone who reveres Marx and Lenin without reading them.

[K-Man1]

One of my favorite RR quotes:

"So so." That was his reply to this question:

"How did your meeting go with Bishop Tutu?"

Gotta love The Gipper.

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks for the speech of Point Du Hoc, C4B.

First time I've ever read it. It was wonderful.

Karen, I hadn't seen this.

Thanks for the ping!

[Syberyenta]

Reagan bump.

[Costigan]

>"Those for abortion have already been born"<<

I think that Benny Hill once said that as well, can't remember when though !

[danbo]

I took my son, then a 5 year old, to D.C. to view him Lying in State at the Rotunda. Got there at 10:30 pm. Made it to the Rotunda at 5:30 am.

It was more than worth it.

[motormouth]

ping

[ovrtaxt]

Got my new tagline.

[ovrtaxt]

And how do you tell a modern American leftist? It's someone who reveres Marx and Lenin without reading them.

Or wears a shirt like this dork:

[moog]

I loved his wit and optimism. My favorite one is after he got shot and said something like, "I hope you are all Republicans."

[moog]

That was funny.

[XtreMarine]

Some people spend a lifetime wondering if they made a difference, Marines don't have that problem. Mr. Reagan said that too!

[NewLand]

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

Click The Pic for my Reagan Tribute Post from 2003