Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reaganwas an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth6 February 1911
CountryUnited States of America
funny nature order
I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
truth lying stupid
Facts are stupid things.
country land
What would this country be without this great land of ours.
self faces facts
If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.
running government economy
Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the early New Dealers to say "But Mussolini keeps the trains running on time.
pluralism-is church states
Church and state are, and must remain, separate.
president principles endure
Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.
flames flying trying
Die-hard conservatives thought that if I couldn't get everything I asked for, I should jump off the cliff with the flag flying-go down in flames. No, if I can get 70 or 80 percent of what it is I'm trying to get ... I'll take that and then continue to try to get the rest in the future.
hero records betrayed
I do not feel betrayed. ... He has a fine record. He is a national hero. (On Oliver L North's work)
sleep house nuclear
If I thought there was some reason to be concerned about them, I wouldn't be sleeping in this house tonight. (When asked about continued presence of Soviet nuclear submarines along US coastlines)
legs tables vote
The vote on the Peacekeeper is also a vote on Geneva. Rejecting the Peacekeeper will knock the legs out from under the negotiating table. (On importance of the MX missile)
brother father struggle
They are our brothers, these freedom fighters.... They are the moral equal of our Founding Fathers and the brave men and women of the French Resistance. We cannot turn away from them, for the struggle here is not right versus left; it is right versus wrong.
dream dreams heroic time
We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. (January 20, 1981)
check counting voice
you get tired, sometimes, counting to 10 as a voice check and so forth.