Too Funny ... And True!! Top Ten Ronald Reagan Quotes

[Kuelblaz]

1.“My fellow Americans. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes.” – joking during a mike check before his Saturday radio broadcast

2.“I hope you’re all Republicans.” – Speaking to surgeons as he entered the operating room following a 1981 assassination attempt

3.“I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.” – Said many times during his presidency, 1981-1989

4.“I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.” – Said during his presidency, 1981-1989

5.“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”

6.“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.” – Remarks at a business conference, Los Angeles, March 2, 1977


7.“Thomas Jefferson once said, “We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”

8.“I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.” – during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale

9.“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” – The New York Times, September 22, 1980

10.“What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who’s played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?” – on Clint Eastwood’s bid to become mayor of Carmel

[MrPeabody]

My favorite one was when a firecracker went off while he was giving a speech not long after the assasination attempt. Without even blinking, he said "Ya missed me."

[Kuelblaz]

Originally Posted by TxAg

He wasn't perfect, but he was good.

[WalkerInTN]

Still my favorite President. One of the books on my desk is The Reagan Diaries.

[DukeAllen]

It's sad to think we went from him...
to what we have now...

[VITE1]

A well spoken and classy person. I miss him.

[WalkerInTN]

Originally Posted by DukeAllen

It's sad to think we went from him...
to what we have now...

Sadly I'd have to say he was & will be, The United States' last truly Presidential President.

[Flatbush Harry]

Originally Posted by WalkerInTN

Sadly I'd have to say he was & will be, The United States' last truly Presidential President.

That's what made Bedtime for Bonzo such a great movie...his presidential style with the chimp.

Seriously, he was a great president because he understood what leadership was...a somewhat lost art in the 21st Century (and the last decade of the 20th as well).



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[C5Nate]

9.“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” – The New York Times, September 22, 1980

Man has a point.

[G8rDMD]

Originally Posted by TxAg

He wasn't perfect, but he was good.

He brought the country out of some very hard times. His policies weren't necessarily popular with everybody, but they got the job done for the most part. We need a man like him again

[78SA]

#7

[lspencer534]

I was in NYC on business about 10 years ago, and one of my acquaintances asked me, "What do you consider to be your most important vote for President?" Without hesitation, I said, "Ronald Reagan." My friend was taken aback a little.

"Here's why," I said. "He certainly was no scholar. Some say he didn't have a full grasp of the issues facing the world. He in fact probably did nod off in Cabinet meetings. And her certainly wasn't a pioneer in race issues, the environment, or social ills. But he was exactly what this Country needed: a leader. Someone you could look up to, one you could trust with our money and one you could trust to do the right thing. He focused this County again on how great we could be and are. He made you believe in this Country."

I still believe that about him.

[WalkerInTN]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

.....And her certainly wasn't a pioneer in race issues,.....

An interesting article, written by Reagan's son Michael.

MICHAEL REAGAN: Ronald Reagan -- More of a Friend to Blacks Than Obama? - FoxNews.com

[Kuelblaz]

Originally Posted by WalkerInTN

Sadly I'd have to say he was & will be, The United States' last truly Presidential President.

Well said!!

[lspencer534]

Originally Posted by WalkerInTN

An interesting article, written by Reagan's son Michael.

MICHAEL REAGAN: Ronald Reagan -- More of a Friend to Blacks Than Obama? - FoxNews.com

You are certainly correct. I did not mean to imply that Ronald Reagan was a racist--he certainly wasn't. I was saying that Reagan did not crusade the rights of blacks, as Clinton did and Obama does. Reagan had a much more color-blind approach: He promoted a better life for all Americans, regardless of race, and he was successful. He had the wisdom to know that promoting gains for a specific race was counter-productive, self-defeating, and only led to resentment.

He did not advocate affirmative action for blacks because he saw that as a crutch. Instead he promoted opportunity and prosperity for all..and it worked for all.

[G8rDMD]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

You are certainly correct. I did not mean to imply that Ronald Reagan was a racist--he certainly wasn't. I was saying that Reagan did not crusade the rights of blacks, as Clinton did and Obama does. Reagan had a much more color-blind approach: He promoted a better life for all Americans, regardless of race, and he was successful. He had the wisdom to know that promoting gains for a specific race was counter-productive, self-defeating, and only led to resentment.

He did not advocate affirmative action for blacks because he saw that as a crutch. Instead he promoted opportunity and prosperity for all..and it worked for all.

A point we just rehashed in the Mayor Nutter thread. Reagan was ahead of his time

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Not a fan. Sorry to piss on this love-in.

[NEVRL8T]

Barry Seal was a friend of my family's. What he and Bush did to him, leaving him twisting in the wind, while they took credit for Barry's innerworkings with the drug cartels and helping to bring the Colombian cocaine trade in America to a virtual crawl, bordered murder in of itself.