Ronald Reagan
Traced to source
9 quotes we’ve traced to Ronald Reagan
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction”
Verified“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem”
Verified“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Verified“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help”
Verified“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help”
Verified“Trust, but verify”
Verified“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much”
Disputed“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone”
Disputed“With all this manure, there must be a pony somewhere!”
DisputedNot actually Ronald Reagan
Often misattributed to Ronald Reagan
Famous lines widely pinned on Ronald Reagan that we’ve traced to someone else.
“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so”
actually Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw)
“I've never been hired by a poor person”
actually Robert Orben
“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit”
actually Attributed to “Father Strickland,” an English Jesuit (earliest documented, 1863)
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit”
actually Charles Edward Montague
“Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican”
actually Gaylord Parkinson
“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone”
actually Unknown
“With all this manure, there must be a pony somewhere!”
actually Unknown — an anonymous American joke
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