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
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)
In a 1960 letter to the GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon, quoted in Matthew Dallek's The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics (2000), p. 38
1960s
Ronald Reagan, Time magazine (20 October 1980)
1980s
Address accepting the Republican presidential nomination (23 August 1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Presidential debate with Jimmy Carter (28 October 1980)
1980s
Address to the Republican State Central Committee Convention (7 September 1973)
1970s
Bush-Reagan Debate 1980 on Taxes at League of Women Voters. (24 April 1980) · video footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edchtf9MS7g
1980s
Column published in Guns and Ammo (1 September 1975)
1970s
"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)
As quoted in The Guardian [London] (14 June 1989)
Post-presidency (1989–2004)
Televised speech (27 October 1964), cited in Reagan's Reign of Error (1983) by Mark Green
1960s
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)
1960s, A Time for Choosing (1964)
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)
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)
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)
television address (13 November 1986)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
1960s, A Time for Choosing (1964)
“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)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989), Farewell Address (1989)
“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)
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)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)
“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)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)