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Letter to the Editor: Reagan quotes

Dear Editor,

My letter is about quotes made by Ronald Reagan, one of my favorite persons.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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”

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

I like his sense of humor, and how true the statements are today.

Joyce Wiese

Toledo, Iowa

Letter to the Editor: Reagan quotes

Dear Editor,

My letter is about quotes made by Ronald Reagan, one of my favorite persons.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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”

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

I like his sense of humor, and how true the statements are today.

Joyce Wiese

Toledo, Iowa