Ronald Reagan Berühmte Zitate
Rede vor den Future Farmers of America, 28. Juli 1988
21. September 1980 im Vorwahlkampf um das Präsidentenamt, Debatte mit seinem innerparteilichen Wettbewerber John Anderson
Original engl.: "With regard to the freedom of the individual for choice with regard to abortion, there's one individual who's not being considered at all. That's the one who is being aborted. And I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." - debates.org http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=september-21-1980-debate-transcript
„Herr Gorbatschow, öffnen Sie dieses Tor! Herr Gorbatschow, reißen Sie diese Mauer nieder!“
Rede vor dem Brandenburger Tor, 12. Juni 1987
Original engl.: "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev -- Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - americanhistoric.com http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronaldreaganbrandenburggate.htm
Rede vor der Universität von Südkarolina am 20. September 1983 in Columbia. Rede bei Entgegennahme der Ehrendoktorwürde (Honorary Doctor of Laws) der Universität von Südkarolina in Columbia am 20. September 1983. Übers.: Wikiquote Original engl.: "There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits on the human capacity for intelligence, imagination and wonder." - reagan.utexas.edu http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/92083c.htm Ähnlich bei seiner zweiten Amtseinführung am 21. Januar 1985: "Es gibt keine Grenzen für Wachstum und menschlichen Fortschritt, wenn Männer und Frauen frei sind, ihren Träumen zu folgen." - DIE ZEIT 3/1988 https://www.zeit.de/1988/03/die-obdachlosen-von-washington/seite-2 "By 1980, we knew it was time to renew our faith, to strive with all our strength toward the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with an orderly society. We believed then and now there are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams." - https://www.bartleby.com/124/pres62.html
Ronald Reagan Zitate und Sprüche
als Soundcheck, unwissend, dass das Mikrofon schon lief, 11. August 1984
Original engl.: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." - youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv13ZnkpWos
Rede vor dem Brandenburger Tor, 12. Juni 1987 Übers.: Wikiquote
Original engl.: "President Von Weizsäcker has said, "The German question is open as long as the Brandenburg Gate is closed." Today I say: As long as this gate is closed [...], it is not the German question alone that remains open, but the question of freedom for all mankind."
„Der Staat ist nicht die Lösung für unser Problem, der Staat ist das Problem.“
Antrittsrede als 40. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten, 20. Januar 1981
in einem Interview der "Fresno Bee", 10. Oktober 1965. zitiert in: Wolfgang Schneider: "Apokalypse Vietnam". Rowohlt, 2000. S. 201
Original engl.: "It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home for Christmas."
„Die Regierung ist nicht die Lösung unseres Problems. Sie ist das Problem.“
Antrittsrede als 40. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten am 20. Januar 1981, zitiert in DER SPIEGEL 41/1988 http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13530876.html. Häufiger und wohl auch treffender zitiert als: "Der Staat ist nicht die Lösung, er ist das Problem", z.B. in Süddeutsche Zeitung 6. Februar 2011 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ronald-reagan-geburtstag-zu-einfach-gedacht-1.1055631. "Government" bezeichnet im amerikanischen Sprachgebrauch nicht nur den Präsidenten und sein Kabinett, sondern den gesamten Staatsapparat im Gegensatz zur Privatwirtschaft. Von dieser erwartet Reagan sich die Lösung bestehender wirtschaftlicher Probleme, die durch staatliche Eingriffe eher erschwert werde.
Original engl.: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." - :en:s:Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address, youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IleiqUDYpFQ ab min. 6:12
(Original englisch: "My years in show business and the experience of making thousands of speeches over the years probably taught me something about timing and cadence and how to reach an audience. Here's my formula: I usually start with a joke or story to catch the audience's attention; then I tell them what I am going to tell them, I tell them, and then I tell them what I just told them." - An American Life. Simon & Schuster 1990. p. 247 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=cYnFVI7PW1YC&pg=PA247.
Ronald Reagan: Zitate auf Englisch
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
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)
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)
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/
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)
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
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
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)
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)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Debate with Walter Mondale http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/102184b.htm (21 October 1984)
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)
Quelle: 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)
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)]
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'
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989), Farewell Address (1989)
