“The American people aren't overtaxed. The government in Washington is overfed. The main difference between ourselves and the other side is: we see an America where every day is the Fourth of July. They see an America where every day is April 15.” PeopleGovernmentAmericaSidesDifferencesFourthAmerican PoliticsAprilJuly Author:Ronald Reagan
“Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is almost a Marxist.” MenMilitaryHe ManEconomicsModeratesAmerican PoliticsCiviliansMarxistSquad Author:Steve Forbes
“If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest.” IfsGivingMadeSaidDealsGive MeBusinessmanAmerican PoliticsSleevesVests Author:George P. Shultz
“Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.” PresidentTakenKicksAmerican Politics Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“Do you realize that at the moment we have Barry Goldwater fighting the Moral Majority, with The New York Times rooting for Goldwater? Times have changed.” MomentsFightingRealizingMoralNew YorkChangedMajorityAmerican PoliticsNew York TimesTimes Have Changed Author:William A. Rusher
“If our planes were shot down, yes, they's wake me right away. If the other fellows' were shot down, why wake me up?” IfsShotsFellowsPlanesAmerican Politics Author:Ronald Reagan
“Reagan's half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed.” BelieveHalfBedDiscipleAmerican PoliticsFranklin Author:Lyn Nofziger
“It seems to me there are good deficits and bad deficits. Now, we have a deficit that comes from the militarization of our society and our policy and our approach to the global arena.” SeemsPolicyApproachOur SocietyArenaDeficitAmerican Politics Author:Victor Saul Navasky
“...it is the Far Right today that establishes the terms of the nuclear debate. And in this context, in a room ringing with hysterical pleas on behalf of Reagan's eerie laser-beam technology, the MacBundys of the world seem eminently, refreshingly sane.” WorldSeemsTodayTermRoomsTechnologyNuclearDebateSaneBehalfAmerican PoliticsBeamHystericalLasersEerie Author:David Talbot
“Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing.” KnowsWellsPresidentAmerican PoliticsPresident Reagan Author:McGeorge Bundy
