Ronald Reagan – The Great Commicator

“I won a nickname, “The Great Communicator.” But I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: it was the content. I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn’t spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation — from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in the principles that have guided us for two centuries.”
–Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address, January 11, 1989

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You Really have to love this guy. God rest his soul.

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Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.”

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“The most  terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

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“The trouble  with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant: It’s just  that they know so much that isn’t so.”

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“Of the four  wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”

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“I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment’s would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.”

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“The taxpayer:  That’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to  take the civil service examination.”

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“Government is  like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no  sense of responsibility at the other.”

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“If we ever  forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone  under.”

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“The nearest  thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government  program.”

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“I’ve laid down  the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no  matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet  meeting.”

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“It has been  said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that  it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

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“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.”

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“Politics is  not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you  disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”

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“No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will  and moral courage of free men and women.