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

[rvoitier]

Upon greeting Reagan at the Capitol in '81;

Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker: "Mr. President, I'll be with you through thick."

RR: "What about 'thin'?"

HB: "Welcome to Washington, Mr. President."

[cake_crumb]

"A heavy bronze plaque with that inscription should be delivered personally to each and every 'Rat senator and congressrat."

They'll need someone to help them with the big words though

[LucyJo]

BTTT, for a great man, and a great POTUS.

[LucyJo]

BTTT, for a great man, and a great POTUS.

[exdem2000]

The Great Communicator

[cake_crumb]

"I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves."

I really miss him

[Keith in Iowa]

"I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." -during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale

[LucyJo]

Sorry about the double post but, if anybody ever deserved the extra praise, he did.

[apackof2]

LOL

[Indy Pendance]

I'll never forget being glued to the tv for his funeral. What an awesome tribute to an awesome man. And the people who lined the highway on the way to his library.

[ohioWfan]

Excellent! Such a great moment, wasn't it?

Not that the election was ever in doubt. Yikes! Mondale was a loser!

Thanks for the exact quote.

[Always Right]

"I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." -during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale

[Lady Jag]

Life
by Ronald Reagan


I wonder what it's all about,
and why We suffer so,
when little things go wrong?
We make our life a struggle,
When life should be a song.

Our troubles break and drench us.
Like spray on the cleaving prow
Of some trim Gloucester schooner.
As it dips in a graceful bow...

But why does sorrow drench us
When our fellow passes on?
He's just exchanged life's dreary dirge
For an eternal life of song...

Millions have gone before us,
And millions will come behind,
So why do we curse and fight
At a fate both wise and kind?

We hang onto a jaded life
A life full of sorrow and pain.
A life that warps and breaks us,
And we try to run through it again.

 

President Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1911-2004

 

 

 

[DeSoto]

How could we all forget the most important words spoken in the twentieth century?

Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN TIS WALL!

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Responding to a question about concerns over his age, President Reagan closed with: "And I will NOT exploit my opponent's youth and inexperience for political gain."

The look on Modale's face after that was priceless.

[Always Right]

IMO, GWB had the chance to equal or exceed Reagan's accomplishments.

Bush is a good man, but not in the same league.

[stylin19a]

I paid for this microphone

[DeSoto]

OOPS, Sorry I meant

THIS

[The Sons of Liberty]

The GREATEST President of the Twentieth Century!

[ohioWfan]

Thanks. Keith in Iowa gave the full quote in post 67.

A PRICELESS moment indeed. Did Mondale ever recover?