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Top 10 Greatest Quips from Ronald Reagan
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Posted on 01/21/2006 4:01:06 PM PST by rhema
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To: rhema
Farewell Address to the Nation, The White House, January 11, 1989 I remember being in tears during that entire speech.
Also during the one he gave at the Republican Convention in New Orleans in 1988.
I miss RR.
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posted on
01/22/2006 6:17:54 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Every Day is One of Those Days)
To: Proud Conservative2
Because I was responding to the people who were using a thread about the great leader, Ronald Reagan to belittle the great leader, George W. Bush. It's one of my pet peeves around here.
Do you not want to see anything positive about Bush on this thread?
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posted on
01/22/2006 6:27:45 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)
To: 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 :)Understood. A great man. A funny man. A wise man. A GOOD man.
We all miss him, and are thankful for the incredibly wonderful things he did for this country when we really needed it.
All I have to say is Jimmy Carter to remind anyone who's forgotten. :)
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posted on
01/22/2006 6:29:54 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(PROUD Mom of an Iraq War VET! THANKS, son!!!!)
To: Christian4Bush
It occurred to me in 1984, when I saw the flags of the Allied nations being raised over the beaches, that there was at least one flag which should have been there, and was not. That was the flag of Poland, whose soldiers fought for the freedom of Europe as nobly as any. Happily in 1994 Poland was indeed represented at the commemoration. Ronald Reagan played a major part in bringing about that result.
To: ohioWfan
To: ovrtaxt
Got my new tagline. ("I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born."- Reagan) You or I could post a different Reagan quote as our taglines every day of the year and not run out of consummate examples.
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posted on
01/22/2006 7:00:43 AM PST
by
rhema
("Break the conventions, keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: rhema
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posted on
01/22/2006 7:08:25 AM PST
by
Vision
("You guys are literally the cream of the crop of political analysis")
To: All
Whatever happens now I owe my life to God and will try to serve Him in every way I can.
Ronald Reagan, 1981
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posted on
01/22/2006 7:11:21 AM PST
by
Nea Wood
(A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. Proverbs 13:22)
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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posted on
01/22/2006 7:19:15 AM PST
by
Vision
("You guys are literally the cream of the crop of political analysis")
To: TexasTransplant
Best that I can remember the story, A lib asked him to autograph a picture, it was the picture of a young Reagan ant the chimp Bonzo, Reagan autographed it with "I'm the one with the watch"ROFL, I never heard that one!!
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posted on
01/22/2006 7:28:49 AM PST
by
Nea Wood
(A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. Proverbs 13:22)
To: rhema
Sam Donaldson: Mr. Reagan, In talking about the recession tonight, you have blamed the mistakes of the past and youve blamed Congress. Does any of the blame belong to you?
Reagan: Yes, because for many years I was a Democrat.
[1982 Press Conference]
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01/22/2006 7:38:36 AM PST
by
evilC
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard; rhema
"My friends we did it. We weren't just marking time, we made a difference. We made the city stronger, the city free'er, and left her in good hands. Not bad, not bad at all"- Reagan
"This is the issue of this election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite, in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves"
- Reagan October 27, 1964
"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted, it belongs to the brave" - Reagan
"We welcome change and openness, but we believe that freedom and security go together"- Reagan
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem"
- Reagan January 20, 1981
"It's a real pleasure, to be with so many who firmly believe that the answers, to the world's problems, can be found in the world of God"- Reagan January 25, 1984
"For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of free people under God"- Reagan
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posted on
01/22/2006 8:05:16 AM PST
by
Vision
("You guys are literally the cream of the crop of political analysis")
To: rhema
2. "I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born." The New York Times, September 22, 1980
my favorite
To: rhema
Of course, this list only scratches the surface. My favorite, although not really a quip, was at the end of his debate with Carter, "are you better off than you were 4 years ago?" It changed the course of history.
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posted on
01/22/2006 8:25:16 AM PST
by
Casloy
To: rhema
0. [What he would have said at his own funeral, when Hillary and Bill Clinton snoozed]: "Well how about that! They DO sleep together!"
To: 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.>>
Reminds me of Churchill, another great quipster. In 1945, when an underling was discussing the Greek Prime Minister of the time, Plasteras, Churchill asked, "Does he have feet of clay, too?"
To: rhema; kdf1; AMERIKA; Lancey Howard; MudPuppy; SMEDLEYBUTLER; opbuzz; Snow Bunny; gitmogrunt; ...
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posted on
01/22/2006 9:03:44 AM PST
by
RaceBannon
((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
To: rhema
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posted on
01/22/2006 9:14:31 AM PST
by
Redbob
To: RaceBannon
BUMP!!
Thanks for the ping!
Semper fidelis,
LH
To: Christian4Bush
Sunday morning 300 post BUMP!
"To me, it is not Reagan vs. Bush: it is Reagan and Bush. Each had different challenges, strengths and weaknesses. Both will be remembered, beyond the MSM filter, as great presidents."
The Internet, FreeRepublic, and the death of MSM will all contribute to both Reagan and Bush being seen in a glowing light.
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posted on
01/22/2006 9:57:29 AM PST
by
DeSoto
(Veni, vidi, velcro ... I came, I saw, I stuck around !)
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