Ronald Reagan @ 100: Top 25 Quotes

Reaganite Republican ^ | February 05, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

"Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, Democrats believe every day is April 15th."

"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid"

"We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent"

"Peace is not the absense of conflict; it is the ability to manage conflict by peaceful means"

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

"If the Soviet Union ever let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state... because everbody would join the other party"

"How do you tell a communist? He reads Lenin and Marx. And how do you tell an anti-communist? Someone who understands Lenin and Marx."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction; it's not something we pass along in our bloodstream. It must be fought-for, protected, and passed-along for them to do the same"

"Entrepeneurs and small businesses are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States"

"If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat"

"They say the world has become too complex for simple answers... they are wrong"

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

"Recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose yours"

"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement..."

BrainyQuote   The Quotations Page

Reagan 100: A Portrait in Courage -here-

Gipper's Greatest Hits clips -here-

Sarah Palin's keynote speech at RRC -here-

[Texas Eagle]

"Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, Democrats believe every day is April 15th."

My #1.

Although I would update it to "Conservatives believe every day is The 4th of July, RATS and RINOS believe every day is April 15th."

[Reaganite Republican]

The Goober Grahams of the world hardly a speck better than the ‘progressive’ nuts, are they

[kittymyrib]

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid”

Powerful words from the finest president since George Washington.

[Texas Eagle]

Amen.

I still think the RATS have something on Graham and they use it to keep him in line when necessary.

[Yaelle]

I’m sure he must not have written them all, but it seems that he had the absolute best, most deeply meaningful posts of anyone in the last 50-100 years. Did he come up with any? I bet he came up with some of the funny ones. And even the ones he didn’t come up with, he CHOSE well, because they resonated with his views.

Like the quote Sarah mentioned of his last night: “I’m not a great man; I’m a man who believes in great ideas.” (Hope I got that right.)

[rotundusmaximus]

thanks for your post

[ozark hilljilly]

“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes...”

He took so much heat for that little bit of clowning around, but it is still one of my favorites.

[Bigun]

Number one on the list should be

"The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!"

[oyez]

Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

[Richard Kimball]

When Reagan got elected, a lot of Rats changed parties. They did not do this because of philosophy but because it improved their chances of getting elected.

[rcrngroup]

Great quotes from Ronald Reagan. These quotes alone could govern our country without need for any further action by the commie pig socialist-fascist-marxist commie pig 0b0z0 or the Congress (ESPECIALLY the demoRATS & Rinos)

[M Kehoe]

"Recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose yours"

And a recovery is when 0bama loses his job.

5.56mm

[WinOne4TheGipper]

bttt. Everyone ought to change their tagline to one of their favorite Reagan quotes this week to honor the Gipper.

[KoRn]

Even most “republican” politicians these days wouldn’t say half of those things in public.

[Reaganite Republican]

Might be mine, too- although this is quotes, and that was more like a gaffe lol

And the lib media went hog wild on that one, ha

[ROTB]

“Those of you who counted on America to do nothing, you counted WRONG.”

[sharkhawk]

bttt. Everyone ought to change their tagline to one of their favorite Reagan quotes this week to honor the Gipper.

Great Idea.

[Aria]

Everyone ought to change their tagline to one of their favorite Reagan quotes this week to honor the Gipper.

Great idea! There are so many good ones so I just chose one that would fit.

I'm glad he's not here to see the monster occupying the Oval Office and who now has the gall to pretend he's a disciple of Reagan.

[Domestic Church]

Great idea