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Date Posted: 08:11:12 06/06/04 Sun
Author: siempre
Subject: Reagan one-liners

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Address to the nation, January 16, 1984

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

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

We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.

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, subsidise it.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

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

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

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

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

I hope you're all Republicans.
To surgeons as he entered the operating room, March 30, 1981

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket.

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

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

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

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?"

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

Status quo, you know, that is Latin for "the mess we're in."

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

The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor.
Ronald Reagan.

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