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Reagan's Quotes
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His Life in Pictures
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Reagan Media Clips
"I have left orders to
be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet
meeting."
"Politics is not a bad
profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you
can always write a book."
"Abortion is advocated
only by persons who have themselves been born."
"You can tell a lot
about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."
"My fellow Americans, I
am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever.
The bombing begins in five minutes."
"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."
"Mr. Gorbachev, open
this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
"It's time we asked ourselves if
we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James
Madison said, "We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for
self-government." This idea that government was beholden to the people,
that it had no other source of power, is still the newest, most unique idea in
all the long history of man's relation to man. 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."
"They say hard
work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance."
"There is
absolutely no circumstance whatever under which I would accept that spot. Even
if they tied and gagged me, I would find a way to signal by wiggling my
ears." – on possibly being offered the vice presidency in 1968
"Recession is when your neighbor loses his
job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses
his."
"I am not worried about the
deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."
"I never drink coffee at
lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon."
"Republicans believe every
day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15."
"Surround yourself with the
best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the
policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
"Trust, but verify."
"What makes him think a
middle aged actor [Clint Eastwood], who's played with a chimp, could have a
future in politics?"
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