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Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 24
In some published transcripts or quotations of this speech a variant of this statement appears immediately before the quote by Churchill below, but was not said during Reagan's televised address on (27 October 1964). Though he did make variations of the speech elsewhere it is unclear exactly when and where he may have said used these precise words:
: They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Later variant: For many years now, you and I have been shushed like children and told there are no simple answers to the complex problems which are beyond our comprehension. Well, the truth is, there are simple answers, they just are not easy ones.
:* California Gubernatorial Inauguration Speech (5 January 1967) http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/govspeech/01051967a.htm
1960s, A Time for Choosing (1964)
“God is the answer when we don't know the answer.”
Design and destiny, 2007
“Simple minds respond to simple answers.”
Source: Shadows Linger (1984), Chapter 33, “Juniper: The Encounter” (p. 370)
“It is surprising how long it takes to do a simple addition when your life depends on the answer.”
Breaking Strain, p. 172
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
“As the man said, for every complex problem there’s a simple solution, and it’s wrong.”
Source: Foucault's Pendulum
“There really is a need for you to rise and be part of the solution, be part of the answer.”