February 19, 2005
Who Said It?
Here are a number of quotes from the last century. Can you figure out who said what. Write down your answers, Don't google the answers and click on "read more to find the answers.
1. "Here's my strategy on the... War: We win, they lose."
2. "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
3. "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
4. "Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."
5. "I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."
6. "The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
7. "Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."
8. "If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
9. "The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."
10. "I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."
11. "It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
12. "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."
13. "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
14. "No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."
15. "Mr. Gorbechov, tear down this wall."
16. "Ich bin ein Berliner."
1 through 15 Ronald Reagan
16. John F. Kennedy
Posted by GM Roper at February 19, 2005 05:03 PM | TrackBackGolf Mike,
I knew that they were RR...and I knew the last was JFK...which threw me off for a second.
Did anyone note that the Navy has commissioned an attack sub (SSN) the USS JIMMY CARTER? I wonder why? Would this be like the Brits naming a ship the HMS NEVILLE CHAMBERLIN? Maybe the Navy will not load any torps aboard.
Tango Charlie sends
Posted by Tango Charlie at February 19, 2005 10:27 PM