„Nem arról van szó, hogy a liberálisok tudatlanok. Arról van szó, hogy sok mindent tudnak, ami nem úgy van.“
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Eredeti: If isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so.
Születési dátum: 6. február 1911
Halál dátuma: 5. június 2004
Más nevek: Ronald Wilson Reagan, Ronald Regan
Ronald Wilson Reagan amerikai színész, politikus, Kalifornia állam kormányzója, az Amerikai Egyesült Államok 40. elnöke.
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Eredeti: If isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so.
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Eredeti: Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards. If you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.
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Eredeti: Mr Gorbachev – tear this wall down!
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Eredeti: I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
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Eredeti: (en) Thomas Jefferson once said, "We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works."
Eredeti: (en) And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
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Eredeti: Goverment 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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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.
Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business (1986-08-15)
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Eredeti: 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. – Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business (1986-08-15)
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Eredeti: I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Eredeti: The nine most terrifying words in the Englist language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
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Eredeti: I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
To his wife, Nancy, while in hospital shortly after he was shot in an assassination attempt (30 March 1981). Reagan is believed to have been quoting the words of boxer Jack Dempsey to his wife after he lost to Gene Tunney in 1926. http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=26804
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Address to the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce (10 July 1991)
Post-presidency (1989–2004)
Kontextus: Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now and then when I was in government, I would remind my associates that "When we start thinking of government as 'us' instead of 'them,' we've been here too long." By that I mean that elected officeholders need to retain a certain skepticism about the perfectibility of government.
As cited in The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World (2007), Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, Chapter 4 (Private Citizen), p. 87 : ISBN 15942 01315
1980s