Quotes from our greatest president

[KirtFalcon]

I saw this posted on another board and thought I would share it - KF :w00t:

 

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

 

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

- Ronald Reagan

 

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're

ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan

 

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan

 

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." - Ronald Reagan

 

"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination." - Ronald Reagan

 

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

 

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

 

"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." - Ronald Reagan

 

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

 

"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." -

Ronald Reagan

 

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

 

"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. - Ronald Reagan

[Guest Sideliner]

I think i am going to vomit.

[cheaptrick77]

... and Kirt watches his Stand-Up Reagan VHS every night before he goes to sleep !! :w00t:

 

Those are actually Peggy Noonan's quotes -- Reagan just vocalized them (see also Ozzy singing Geezer's lyrics).

 

I wonder if Reagan used the apostrophe s to denote plurality in the “Ten Commandments" quote when he said it .......... :whistle:

[max89]

i found them funny

[Colligula]

here are some more fun quotes from another great republican president.

 

 

 

"Wow! Brazil is big." —George W. Bush, after being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2005

 

"I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore, there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at." —George W. Bush, on the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., October 4, 2005

 

"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005

 

"If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of Engineers that the levees might break. And so, therefore, we're cautious about encouraging people to return at this moment of history." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2005

 

"Listen, I want to thank leaders of the — in the faith — faith-based and community-based community for being here." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2005

 

"So please give cash money to organizations that are directly involved in helping save lives — save the life who had been affected by Hurricane Katrina." —George W. Bush, Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2005

 

"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs." —George W. Bush, Poplarville, Miss., Sept. 5, 2005

 

"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." —George W. Bush, to FEMA director Michael Brown, who resigned 10 days later amid criticism over his job performance, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005 (Listen to audio; read more stupid quotes about Hurricane Katrina)

 

"We've got a lot of rebuilding to do. First, we're going to save lives and stabilize the situation. And then we're going to help these communities rebuild. The good news is -- and it's hard for some to see it now -- that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house -- he's lost his entire house -- there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch." (Laughter) --George W. Bush, touring hurricane damage, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005

 

"My thoughts are, we're going to get somebody who knows what they're talking about when it comes to rebuilding cities." —George W. Bush, on rebuilding New Orleans, Biloxi, Miss., Sept. 2, 2005

 

"Americans should be prudent in their use of energy during the course of the next few weeks. Don't buy gas if you don't need it." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1, 2005

 

"It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground." —George W. Bush, turning to his aides while surveying Hurricane Katrina flood damage from Air Force One , Aug. 31, 2005

 

"The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating it." —George W. Bush, on the probe into how CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity was leaked, Washington D.C., July 18, 2005

 

"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend." —George W. Bush, on visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29, 2005

 

"I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate too well. Is that all right, if I call you a 'piece of work'?" —George W. Bush to Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C., June 20, 2005

 

[i'm] occasionally reading, I want you to know, in the second term." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005

 

"In this job you've got a lot on your plate on a regular basis; you don't have much time to sit around and wander, lonely, in the Oval Office, kind of asking different portraits, 'How do you think my standing will be?'" —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005

 

"In terms of timetables, as quickly as possible — whatever that means." —George W. Bush, on his time frame for shoring up Social Security, Washington D.C., March 16, 2005

 

"I like the idea of people running for office. There's a positive effect when you run for office. Maybe some will run for office and say, vote for me, I look forward to blowing up America. I don't know, I don't know if that will be their platform or not. But it's -- I don't think so. I think people who generally run for office say, vote for me, I'm looking forward to fixing your potholes, or making sure you got bread on the table." —George W. Bush, on elections in the Middle East, Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005

 

"I repeat, personal accounts do not permanently fix the solution." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005

 

"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table." —George W. Bush, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005

 

"If you're a younger person, you ought to be asking members of Congress and the United States Senate and the president what you intend to do about it. If you see a train wreck coming, you ought to be saying, what are you going to do about it, Mr. Congressman, or Madam Congressman?" —George W. Bush, Detroit, Mich., Feb. 8, 2005

[Colligula]

"You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." —George W. Bush, to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

[Straw]

Wow! How embarrassing, our President is human. Leave it to you guys to make fun of our current President just because Kirt praises an Ex-President. Talk about lack of class.:whome:

[Rhino2K]

"The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of...older men who prey on underage women...There are consequences to decisions and...one way or the other, people always wind up being held accountable." Bill Clinton, June 13.

 

 

 

"You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say."

President William Clinton addressing the people of Philadelphia, May 28, 1993 in the Courtyard, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA.

 

"...with barely 700 days left in the 20th century..."

President Clinton during his State of the Union address, January 27, 1998

(The 20th century ended in 2000, NOT 1999.....Rhino ;) )

 

 

"The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says."

President Bill Clinton, campaigning October 17, 1996. From a campaign speech given in California. Quoted in Investor's Business Daily October 25, 1996

 

"I'm sure I spent more time in Texas than anybody else who had run for President recently." (Bill Clinton in Longview, Texas, U.S. Newswire, 9/27/96)

(Ross Perot, Phil Gramm and George Bush ran for President between 1988 and 1996....Rhino ;) )

 

 

"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy!"---Bill Clinton

(Insert [pardon the pun] joke here) :dancingbanana:

 

"African-Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do."

President Clinton on Black Entertainment Television, November 2, 1994

[cheaptrick77]

Originally posted by Rhino2K4

(The 20th century ended in 2000, NOT 1999.....Rhino ;) )

That one is debatable ......... I think there was a year zero :w00t:

[Colligula]

Originally posted by strawberry66

Wow! How embarrassing, our President is human.

there is a big difference in "human" and consistently stupid.

[RETIREDFAN1]

Loved all the quotes Kirt. Especially since they have all the resident libs and commies fuming. Bring on some more. :happy65:

[Guest Sideliner]

"When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal"

 

Richard Nixon

[Guest Sideliner]

"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning"?

 

George W Bush

[Rhino2K]

Originally posted by cheaptrick77

Originally posted by Rhino2K4

(The 20th century ended in 2000, NOT 1999.....Rhino ;) )

That one is debatable ......... I think there was a year zero :w00t:

 

 

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/millennium.html

 

Guess it depends on how you look at it. :thumbsup:

[cheaptrick77]

Originally posted by Rhino2K4

Guess it depends on how you look at it. :thumbsup:

Good thread .......... but for practical purposes in the modern world, it makes more sense to, for example, use the span of time of 1940-1949 when talking about something like The Best Movies Of The 1940s, 1941-1950 just seems a tad strange.

 

... and how often to we compile a "best of" list for the years of 1-10 AD ??? :whome:

 

 

As always, just one man's opinion :)