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Ronald Wilson Reagan byl 40. prezident Spojených států amerických a 33. guvernér Kalifornie.

✵ 6. únor 1911 – 5. červen 2004   •   Další jména Ronald Regan, Ronald Wilson Reagan
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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

„Musíme dosáhnout toho, aby sovětští lidé nebyli hrdí na Čapajeva, Matrosova, maršála Žukova, ale na admirála Kolčaka, považovaného dosud za krvavého kata, aby byli hrdí na generála Vlasova, zrádce SSSR.“

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

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
/ Výroky

„Stát není řešením problému, stát je jeho součástí.“

Zdroj: Nástěnný kalendář CEVRO 2011

„Pohled vlády na ekonomiku by se dal shrnout do několika krátkých frází: Pokud se to hýbe, zdaň to. Když se to stále hýbe, reguluj to. A když se to přestane hýbat, dotuj to.“

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.
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

„Byla to milující matka a laskavá, nenáročná první dáma. Bess Trumanová ztělesňuje základní slušnost Ameriky.“

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]

„Generální tajemníku Gorbačove, jestli hledáte mír, jestli hledáte prosperitu pro Sovětský svaz a východní Evropu, jestli hledáte liberalizaci: Pojďte k této bráně! Pane Gorbačove, otevřete tuto bránu! Pane Gorbačove, strhněte tuto zeď!“

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!

„Politika je totéž co show business.“

Zdroj: Elizabeth Drew, Portait of an Election: The 1980 Presidential Campaign

Ronald Reagan: Citáty anglicky

“If a tax hike makes it to my desk, I'll veto it in less time than it takes Vanna White to turn the letters V-E-T-O!”

Speech regarding planned Democratic tax hikes http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D6123EF935A25754C0A961948260 (16 July 1987)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)

“Recognizing the equality of all men and women, we are willing and able to lift the weak, cradle those who hurt, and nurture the bonds that tie us together as one nation under God.”

Address accepting the Republican presidential nomination (23 August 1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“And I have to point out that government doesn't tax to get the money it needs, government always needs the money it gets.”

Bush-Reagan Debate 1980 on Taxes at League of Women Voters. (24 April 1980) · video footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edchtf9MS7g
1980s

“With the destructive power of today's weapons, keeping the peace is not just a goal; it's a sacred obligation. But maintaining peace requires more than sincerity and idealism—more than optimism and good will. As you know well, peace is a product of hard, strenuous labor by those dedicated to its preservation. It requires realism, not wishful thinking.”

"Toasts of the President and United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar at a Luncheon in New York City " (17 June 1982); online at The American Presidency Project by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=42646
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry every night. Well, that was probably true. They were all on a diet.”

Televised speech (27 October 1964), cited in Reagan's Reign of Error (1983) by Mark Green
1960s

“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.”

Reacting to international criticism of the US invasion of Grenada, during press conference http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/110383a.htm. (3 November 1983)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off.”

Responding to a question from students at Shanghai's University of Fudan as to which experiences best prepared him for the presidency (30 April 1984), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“When the chips are down and the decisions are made as to who the candidates will be, then the 11th commandment prevails and everybody goes to work, and that is: Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.”

Remarks in New York City at a Reception for Delegates to the State Republican Convention http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/61782e.htm (17 June 1982), this is a restatement of "The Eleventh Commandment" by California Republican Party Chairman Gaylord Parkinson, which Reagan first used in 1966
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.”

State of the Union address http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=40205 (25 January 1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“The real question today is not when human life begins, but, What is the value of human life?”

1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)

“We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals of our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all.”

As quoted in Exit with Honor: The Life and Presidency of Ronald Reagan https://books.google.com/books?id=qPfqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA64(2015) by William E Pemberton. p. 64
Post-presidency (1989–2004)

“Not to the extent of throwing up my hands and saying, "Well, it's all over." No. I think whichever generation and at whatever time, when the time comes, the generation that is there, I think will have to go on doing what they believe is right.”

Answer to question about whether he's mused about Armageddon. Interview http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/120683c.htm for People magazine (12 June 1983)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“I'm not smart enough to lie.”

Response when asked what qualified him to be President, as quoted in Ronald Reagan : The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency (2003) by Peter J. Wallison, p. 167
Post-presidency (1989–2004)

“Yes, because for many years I was a Democrat.”

Response to Sam Donaldson (September 1982), on whether he shared any blame for the ongoing recession
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice.”

Defending himself against charges of callousness on Good Morning America(31 January 1984), cited by Paul Slansky, The Clothes Have No Emperor
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“Let's close the place down and see if anybody notices.”

Comments made just before the United States federal government shutdowns of 1995 and 96, as quoted in and article by James C. Miller III, in The Wall Street Journal (18 October 1995), as discussed in Congress via the Congressional Record https://books.google.com/books?id=HH9KOKGZJJYC&pg=PA28413 by Phil Crane. p. 28413
Post-presidency (1989–2004)

“History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”

Address to the nation from the White House http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/11684a.htm (16 January 1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

“Regrettably, we live at a time when some persons do not value all human life. They want to pick and choose which individuals have value.”

1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)

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