Famous Quotes

Saturday, October 16, 2004

Ronald Reagan Quotes

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.

-- Ronald Reagan

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

-- Ronald Reagan

The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so.

-- Ronald Reagan

Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

-- Ronald Reagan

I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.

-- Ronald Reagan

The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

-- Ronald Reagan

Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

-- Ronald Reagan

The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.

-- Ronald Reagan

I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me. even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

-- Ronald Reagan

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

-- Ronald Reagan

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.

-- Ronald Reagan

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards. If you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

-- Ronald Reagan