Ronald Reagan nejznámější citáty
„Je pravda, že pilná práce ještě nikdy nikoho nezabila, ale já si říkám, proč to riskovat?“
Zdroj: Albright, Madeleine: Doporučení budoucímu prezidentovi : Jak vrátit Americe dobrou pověst a vůdčí roli ve světě (orig. Memo to the president-elect, česky Práh, 2008)
Ronald Reagan: Citáty o lidech
Zdroj: Při Pražském povstání v květnu 1945 padlo na 300 vlasovců. Rusko jejich zásluhy neuznává https://www.lidovky.cz/domov/pri-prazskem-povstani-v-kvetnu-1945-padlo-na-300-vlasovcu-rusko-jejich-zasluhy-neuznava.A191128_150635_ln_domov_ele
Zdroj: https://karelsykora.blog.idnes.cz/blog.aspx?c=664400
Ronald Reagan citáty a výroky
„Nejděsivější slova, jaká v angličtině jsou: Jsem z vlády a přišel jsem pomoct.“
Originál: (en) The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Source: The President's 38th news conference,Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, ILLINOIS Dostupné online. https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/speeches/081286d<br> / Výroky
mikrofonová zkouška projevu z osmdesátých let
Originál: (en) 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. <br class="br">Zdroj: Reagan, Ronald. Remarks to State Chairpersons of the National White House Conference on Small Business. 1986-08-15 [cit. 2014-05-03]. Dostupné online. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/081586e.htm
„Stát není řešením problému, stát je jeho součástí.“
Zdroj: Nástěnný kalendář CEVRO 2011
Originál: (en) She was a loving mother and a gracious, unassuming First Lady. Bess Truman embodies the basic decency of America.
Zdroj: [KREBS, ALBIN, BESS TRUMAN IS DEAD AT 97; WAS PRESIDENT'S 'FULL PARTNER', nytimes.com, 1982-10-19, 2015-11-05, http://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/19/obituaries/bess-truman-is-dead-at-97-was-president-s-full-partner.html?pagewanted=all]
Zdroj: Noonanová, Peggy: Když kraloval charakter (orig. When Character Was King, česky Ideál, 2004)
Z projevu u Braniborské brány 12. června 1987 (o Berlínské zdi)
„Jaká jsou čtyři nejslabší místa sovětského zemědělství? – Jaro, léto, podzim, zima“
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z projevu u Braniborské brány 12. června 1987 (o Berlínské zdi)
Source: http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
Originál: General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Zdroj: https://karelsykora.blog.idnes.cz/blog.aspx?c=664400
„Politika je totéž co show business.“
Zdroj: Elizabeth Drew, Portait of an Election: The 1980 Presidential Campaign
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Ronald Reagan: Citáty anglicky
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989), Farewell Address (1989)
“Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”
Known as "The Eleventh Commandment" this statement was made famous by Reagan, but was actually created by California Republican Party Chairman Gaylord Parkinson.
Misattributed
Referring to groups who who were resisting Soviet rule of Afghanistan, with U.S. support, in Proclamation 4908 — Afghanistan Day (10 March 1982) http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/31082c.htm <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Joking during a microphone check. The joke was later leaked to the general populace and, upon learning of it, Soviet defenses went on high alert. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan%27s_%22We_begin_bombing_in_five_minutes%22_joke http://www.npr.org/news/specials/obits/reagan/audio_archive.html (11 August 1984) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
“I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.”
Speech threatening to veto legislation raising taxes http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1985/31385b.htm (13 March 1985) <br class="br">1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
A self-deprecating joke about his age, quoted at American Experience http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/reagan-transcript/ <br class="br">1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
Address to the Nation on the United States Air Strike Against Libya http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/41486g.htm (14 April 1986) <br class="br">1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
Ronald Reagan: "Remarks at the National Conference of the National Federation of Independent Business ," June 22, 1983. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=41504 <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Address on the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983)
“Well, I learned a lot. … You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries.”
Quoted by Lou Cannon in his article Latin [American] Trip an Eye-Opener for Reagan in The Washington Post (6 December 1982)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
“I never knew anything above Cs.”
Describing his academic record to Barbara Walters (27 November 1981), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Alliance of Business (5 October 1981) http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/100581a.htm <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
“If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.”
On what to do about student disruptions at UC Berkeley, quoted in the Los Angeles Times (8 April 1970); shortly thereafter, Reagan said: "I certainly don't think there should be a bloodbath on campus or anywhere else. It was just a figure of speech." as quoted by United Press International (8 April 1970)
1970s
Official Announcement http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/speeches/intent.asp of being a candidate for U.S. President (13 November 1979) <br class="br">1970s
“I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.”
Joke at the Gridiron Club annual dinner (24 March 1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Press conference at evangelical event in Dallas, Texas. (22 August 1980)
1980s
Speech in Hammonton, N.J. http://www.myhammonton.com/reaganhammonton.php (19 September 1984) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Debate with Walter Mondale http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/102184b.htm (21 October 1984) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Address to the International Committee for the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. (17 September 1990)
Post-presidency (1989–2004)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Zdroj: Ronald Reagan (6 December 1983), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor
“Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.”
Interview, Los Angeles Times (7 January 1970)
1970s
“A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?”
Opposing expansion of Redwood National Park, as quoted in Sacramento Bee (3 March 1966)
1960s
Remarks During a White House Briefing for United States Attorneys http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1985/102185a.htm (21 October 1985) <br class="br">1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
Presidential debate http://www.juntosociety.com/pres_debates/carterreagan.html, in response to criticism by Carter about Reagan's position on Medicare (28 October 1980)] <br class="br">1980s
Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals (8 March 1983)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Address on the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)
“You can't be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”
Campaign rally for V.P. George H.W. Bush, San Diego California (7 November 1988), as quoted in Common Sense of an Uncommon Man https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1400324203, Thomas Nelson Inc. (2014), Jim Denney & Michael Reagan, 'Bureaucracy and Bureaucrats' <br class="br">1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989), Farewell Address (1989)
