Ronald Reagan Quotes... I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born. If you're explaining, you're losing. It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes. I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast. History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government. When it reaches 25 percent, there comes an increase in lawlessness. I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at? I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal.
I have a vague memory of the Ronald co-starring in the world-famous classic "Bonzo Goes to College" with a chimpanzee.
"If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with..." Ordering national guard to confront protesters with deadly force.
During the UFW grape boycott, when Gov of CA, Reagan sat at a press conference eating grapes and commenting... "ummmm that's good!" Another of my favorites was when he opened his 1980 campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi with the words, "I support States Rights." We all know what "states rights" means to white-right racist Southerners.
“Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.” “It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.” “Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.” “Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.” “Facts are stupid things.” “A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at? ” “My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.” “Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?” “Getting shot hurts.' "They (submarine ballistic missiles) can be recalled if there has been a miscalculation."
"Colin [Powell, Secretary of State], look! The squirrels came and got the nuts in the Rose Garden this morning." Ronald Reagan.
