Reaganisms
By BOB URBAN
rurban@tnonline.com
With the presidential election day only three days away, today it is fitting that we hear a few words from our president. No, not the current president residing in the White House, and not from the guy who would like to unseat him.
Today we'll hear from the late, great Ronald Reagan, our 40th president, who was once voted the Greatest American.
A movie actor turned politician, Reagan will best be remembered in Hollywood for his role as "The Gipper", playing Notre Dame great Knute Rockne. He also appeared in many action films, including a number of westerns.
But let's get on to the wisdom of the man, who once said, "Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the Democrats believe every day is April 15."
More Reaganisms:
"A recession is when your neighbor
loses his job. A depression is
when you lose yours."
"Socialism only works
in two places;
Heaven where they don't
need it and hell where
they already have it."
"Here's my strategy on
the Cold War:
We win, they lose."
"The most terrifying words
in the English language are:
I'm from the government
and I'm here to help."
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not
that they're ignorant; it's just that they
know so much that isn't so."
"Of the four wars in my lifetime none
came about because the
U.S. was too strong."
"I have wondered at
times about when the
Ten Commandments would
have looked like if Moses
had run them through
The U.S. Congress."
"The taxpayer:
That's someone who works
for the Federal Government
but doesn't have to take a
civil service examination."
"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."
"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 b e a nation gone under."
