"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 what 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 the 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 be a nation gone under."
~ Ronald Reagan
I miss the guy!
It is unfortunate Reagan’s presidency did not match the dash of his words. Republicans excel at speeches and deficits, at bravado and bankruptcy. That is not to say Democrats do not do damage to the economy, of course. It is just that Republicans are so consistently good at running the country into the ground. Takes my breath away, really.
ReplyDeleteActing captain, erm, first mate, whatever..
ReplyDeleteThis isnt a political blog! Get off my damned lawn!
At least the republicans can take a bullet. Those democrats always go down hard.
ReplyDelete@ jwg - what acting captain said!
ReplyDelete@ acting captain, thanks! Let's stick with acting captain, though. I remember my first mate and you ain't her!
@ Anon - Cold, man, though I thought you might be on to something, so I checked, but its a mixed bag.
Since 1900, political assassinations where the person died were: William McKinley (R), Huey Long (D), John F. Kennedy (D) and Robert Kennedy (D).
Political assassinations where the person was hit, but survived: Theordore Roosevelt (R), George Wallace (D) and Ronald Reagan (R).
Political assassination attempts where the person wasn't hit: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D), Harry Truman (D) and Gerald Ford (two attempts!) (R)