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Spoken Like A True Leader "If there has to be a blood-bath [of our own youth], let's get it over with." -- as Governor of California during the Vietnam War
"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." -- (1986)
"The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity." –responding to student protests on college campuses during his tenure as California governor
"President Rios Montt [is] a man of great personal integrity and commitment who wants to improve the quality of life for all Guatemalans, and [is] getting a "bum rap" on human rights." -- praising Guatemala's military dictator in 1982; during the 17 months of Rios Montt's "Christian" campaign (1982-83), 400 villages were destroyed, 10,000-20,000 Indians were killed, and over 100,000 were forced to flee to Mexico
"One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with us on just about everything that's come before them, where we're involved, and it didn't upset my breakfast at all." -- basking in the triumph that was the US invasion of Grenada, 1983
Q. "Mr. President, have you approved of covert activity to destabilize the present government of Nicaragua?" A. "Well, no, we're supporting them, the - oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, I'm sorry, I was thinking of El Salvador, because of the previous, when you said Nicaragua. Here again, this is something upon which the national security interests, I just - I will not comment." -- Washington press conference, February 13th, 1983, as quoted by John Pilger in 'Heroes'
"Afghanistan Day will serve to recall the fundamental principles involved when a people struggles for the freedom to determine its own future and the right to be free of foreign interference. Let us therefore resolve to pay tribute to the brave Afghan people by observing March 21, 1984 as Afghanistan Day."
quote:"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."
SO TRUE!!!
quote:"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."
Of course, that was before we "knew" that CO2 was a pollutant. If Ronald Reagan knew that CO2 is destroying the world (being sarcastic here), I'm sure that he would have praised the environmental value of trees.
quote:"President Rios Montt [is] a man of great personal integrity and commitment who wants to improve the quality of life for all Guatemalans, and [is] getting a "bum rap" on human rights." -- praising Guatemala's military dictator in 1982; during the 17 months of Rios Montt's "Christian" campaign (1982-83), 400 villages were destroyed, 10,000-20,000 Indians were killed, and over 100,000 were forced to flee to Mexico
Yes, Reagan was the first environmental hero (even before Gore). He knew that killing all those villagers would cut down on CO2 emissions (no more exhaling CO2) and that's what he was commenting on. If you think about it, an all-out nuclear war would go a long way toward fixing our problems with the environment. Although, I'm not sure how the environment could survive without at least one environmental wacko on the planet to monitor and control it.
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