Ronald Wilson Reagan
1911 - 2004
FUN FACT: The number of letters in Reagan's 1st, middle, and last names are: 6-6-6
Ronald Reagan's Top 10 Greatest Achievements
- Spreading "Democracy" In Central America
Rating Reagan: A Bogus Legacy by Robert Parry
Reagan Was Behind "One Of The Most Intensive Campaigns Of Mass Murder In Recent History by Allan Nairn - Making the World a Safer Place
Bush Has Resurrected "The Most Extremist, Arrogant, Violent and Dangerous Elements" of Reagan's White House interview with Noam Chomsky
Reagan Was the "Pied Piper of Armageddon" interview with Helen Caldicott - Defending Free Speech
Reagan & FBI - Conspiracy to Silence Dissent in America (AP) - Sticking Up for Working Families
The consequences of the air traffic controllers strike, 20 years later by David Moberg - Promoting Race Relations
Reagan, Race and Remembrance by Tim Wise
Reagan's Heart of Darkness by Derrick Z. Jackson - Revolutionizing Economics
Ronald Reagan's Legacy by Mark Weisbrot - Protecting Our Environment
Will the Earth Accept His Corpse? by Jeffrey St. Clair - Ending the Cold War
Reagan Didn't End the Cold War by William Blum - Making Friends in the Middle East
Reagan and Saddam, The Unholy Alliance by Alex Dawoody
Reagan Played Decisive Role in Saddam Hussein's Survival in Iran-Iraq War - Agence France Presse - Promoting Public Health
Trickle-Down Vegetables by Ward Sinclair, Washington Post Staff Writer
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, Goodbye and Good Riddance by Phil Gasper
Ignoring AIDS: The Reagan Years interview with Andy Humm
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
"Facts are stupid things." –at the 1988 Republican National Convention, attempting to quote John Adams, who said, "Facts are stubborn things"
"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'
"What does an actor know about politics?" –criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy
"After seeing 'RAMBO' last night, I know
what to do the next time this happens."
-- as reported by Daily Express, July 2nd, 1985
"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."
"If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all."
"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."
"We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we're going to succeed."