quotes from the presidency of Ronald Reagan

Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where
they already have it.”
‘Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.’
‘The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and
I’m here to help.’
‘The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they
know so much that isn’t so.’
‘Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
‘I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked
like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress..
‘The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the federal government
but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.’
‘Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and
no sense of responsibility at the other’
‘The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government
program.’
‘It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it
bears a striking resemblance to the first’
‘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’
‘Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards;
if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.’
‘No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will
and moral courage of free men and women.’
‘If we ever forget that we’re one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone
under.’
All quotes from the presidency of Ronald Reagan

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