June 6, 2004

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  Ronald Reagan Quotes:

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  		"If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all"

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  "I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964"

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  "Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people"

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  "If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business"

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  "We did not condone and do not condone the shipment of arms"

  
  

  "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes."

  
  

  "Well, I learned a lot....I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries"

  
  

  "Facts are stupid things." –at the 1988 Republican National Convention, attempting to quote John Adams, who said, "Facts are stubborn things."

  
  

  "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."

  
  

  "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."

  
  

  "The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity." –responding to student protests on college campuses during his tenure as California governor

  
  

  "We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we're going to succeed."

  
  

  "How are you, Mr. Mayor? I'm glad to meet you. How are things in your city?" –greeting Samual Pierce, his secretary of Housing and Urban Development, during a White House reception for mayors.

  
  

  "My name is Ronald Reagan. What's yours?" –introducing himself after delivering a prep school commencement address. The individual responded, "I'm your son, Mike," to which Reagan replied, "Oh, I didn't recognize you."

  
  

  "What does an actor know about politics?" –criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy.

  
  

   

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