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.
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Sur le rôle de l'État fédéral
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My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes. [Ronald Reagan, Plantu dans Le Monde du 14 août 1984., Weekly Saturday address, National Public Radio, 11 août 1984, en]
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Sur la guerre froide
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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Sur le rôle de l'État fédéral
How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
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Sur le communisme
Traduit par Wikiquote.
Sur le rôle de l'État fédéral
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
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Sur la politique
The ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
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Sur le rôle de l'État fédéral
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?
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Premier discours d'investiture de Ronald Reagan en tant que président des États-Unis, 20 janvier 1981
Sur le rôle de l'État fédéral
Ronald Reagan: Citations en anglais
Quoted as an attribution in Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (2013), p. 268
Attributed
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), First Inaugural address (1981)
Contexte: Above all, we must realize that 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. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have. Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbors.
“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
Remarks at the National Conference of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO (30 March 1981)) (source: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/33081b.htm)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Remarks at the Annual Salute to Congress Dinner http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/20481b.htm (4 February 1981)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Variante: 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.
Contexte: Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one's exact chronological age in reference to his ability to perform one's task. And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
“Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them.”
Variante: Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Joke during his 1965 campaign for Governor of California, as quoted by Leo E. Litwak in The New York Times Magazine (14 November 1965), p. 174 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F13FC3B591B7A93C6A8178AD95F418685F9.
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
As quoted in The Reagan Wit (1981) by Bill Adler, p. 30
1960s
“We can't help everyone but everyone can help someone”
Sometimes attributed to Reagan, but the earliest citation attributes the saying to Dr Loretta Scott, 1,600 Quotes & Pieces of Wisdom That Just Might Help You Out When You're Stuck in a Moment https://books.google.com/books?id=quX0r9SkVj8C&pg=PA41&dq=%22we+can%27t+help+everyone%22+%22everyone+can+help+someone%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIk-28w6WkyAIVR5SICh3HOwON#v=onepage&q=%22we%20can't%20help%20everyone%22%20%22everyone%20can%20help%20someone%22&f=false (2003), p. 41
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“A people free to choose will always choose peace.”
Variante: A people free to choose will always choose peace
Source: The Quest for Peace, the Cause of Freedom
“Please tell me you're Republicans.”
Speaking to surgeons as he entered the operating room following a 1981 assassination attempt. http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=26804&pageIndex=1 To which Dr. Joseph Giordano replied, "We're all Republicans today." An alternative version has Reagan saying "Please tell me you're Republicans." (30 March 1981)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Variante: I hope you're all Republican.
Source: Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches
