> To quote Ronald Reagan again, “Trust but verify”
Reagan certainly used this quote alot. But I recall it long pre-dating Reagan, back to the Nixon days at least. I believe it even pre-dates Nixon. Dunno who originated it, but it was not Ronald Reagan — tho’ he certainly deserved to be the first.
“Dunno who originated it, but it was not Ronald Reagan — tho’ he certainly deserved to be the first.”
It’s actually a translation from an old Russian proverb, just as Reagan was saying it, in full (I cut the Russian part) : “Doveryay, no proveryay - Trust but verify”.
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Russian_proverbs
Transliteration: Doveryay, no proveryay.
Translation: Trust, but verify.
English version: Better safe than sorry.
> To quote Ronald Reagan again, “Trust but verify”
Reagan certainly used this quote alot. But I recall it long pre-dating Reagan, back to the Nixon days at least. I believe it even pre-dates Nixon. Dunno who originated it, but it was not Ronald Reagan — tho’ he certainly deserved to be the first.==
Accualy guys this phrase “trust but verify” is very ancient Russian proverb:). reagan used it in his summit with Gorby to make wonder to him. He succeded in it:) Gorby definetely knew this proverb as any Russian but when he heard it from Reagan he got impressed.