Ronald Reagan: Cytaty po angielsku

Ronald Reagan był prezydent USA. Cytaty po angielsku.
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“We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry every night. Well, that was probably true. They were all on a diet.”

Ronald Reagan

Televised speech (27 October 1964), cited in Reagan's Reign of Error (1983) by Mark Green
1960s

“One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with us on just about everything that's come before them, where we're involved, and it didn't upset my breakfast at all.”

Ronald Reagan

Reacting to international criticism of the US invasion of Grenada, during press conference http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/110383a.htm. (3 November 1983) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off.”

Ronald Reagan

Responding to a question from students at Shanghai's University of Fudan as to which experiences best prepared him for the presidency (30 April 1984), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“When the chips are down and the decisions are made as to who the candidates will be, then the 11th commandment prevails and everybody goes to work, and that is: Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.”

Ronald Reagan

Remarks in New York City at a Reception for Delegates to the State Republican Convention http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/61782e.htm (17 June 1982), this is a restatement of &quot;The Eleventh Commandment&quot; by California Republican Party Chairman Gaylord Parkinson, which Reagan first used in 1966 <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.”

Ronald Reagan

State of the Union address http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=40205 (25 January 1984) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“The real question today is not when human life begins, but, What is the value of human life?”

Ronald Reagan

1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)

“We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals of our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all.”

Ronald Reagan

As quoted in Exit with Honor: The Life and Presidency of Ronald Reagan https://books.google.com/books?id=qPfqBgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA64(2015) by William E Pemberton. p. 64 <br class="br">Post-presidency (1989&amp;ndash;2004)

“Not to the extent of throwing up my hands and saying, "Well, it's all over." No. I think whichever generation and at whatever time, when the time comes, the generation that is there, I think will have to go on doing what they believe is right.”

Ronald Reagan

Answer to question about whether he&#x27;s mused about Armageddon. Interview http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/120683c.htm for People magazine (12 June 1983) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“I'm not smart enough to lie.”

Ronald Reagan

Response when asked what qualified him to be President, as quoted in Ronald Reagan : The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency (2003) by Peter J. Wallison, p. 167
Post-presidency (1989&ndash;2004)

“Yes, because for many years I was a Democrat.”

Ronald Reagan

Response to Sam Donaldson (September 1982), on whether he shared any blame for the ongoing recession
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice.”

Ronald Reagan

Defending himself against charges of callousness on Good Morning America(31 January 1984), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“Let's close the place down and see if anybody notices.”

Ronald Reagan

Comments made just before the United States federal government shutdowns of 1995 and 96, as quoted in and article by James C. Miller III, in The Wall Street Journal (18 October 1995), as discussed in Congress via the Congressional Record https://books.google.com/books?id=HH9KOKGZJJYC&amp;pg=PA28413 by Phil Crane. p. 28413 <br class="br">Post-presidency (1989&amp;ndash;2004)

“History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”

Ronald Reagan

Address to the nation from the White House http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/11684a.htm (16 January 1984) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“Regrettably, we live at a time when some persons do not value all human life. They want to pick and choose which individuals have value.”

Ronald Reagan

1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)