president Ronald Reagan was sometimes known by his soubriquet the Great Communicator.
Over his career he was renowned for telling jokes， summing up issues with memorable lines， and making the odd gaffe.
Here is a selection of his quotes：
Government is not the solution， it's the problem.
Inaugural address， 20 January， 1981
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， subsidise it.
1986
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.
1988
Honey， I forgot to duck.
To wife Nancy Reagan in the emergency room after being shot， 30 March， 1981
I hope you're all Republicans.
To surgeons as he went into the operating theatre
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats， well， ladies and gentlemen， I'd follow the example of their nominee： don't inhale.
A reference to Bill Clinton at the Republican National Convention， 1992
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.
A joke， not realising a microphone was on， 1984
If you seek peace， if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe， if you seek liberalisation， come here to this gate …… open this gate …… tear down this wall.
At the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin， addressing a speech to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev， June 1987
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared， so we may always be free.
On the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings， 6 June， 1984
She's the best man in England.
On former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher
If I ache， it's because we are apart and yet that can't be because you are inside and a part of me， so we really aren't apart at all. Yet I ache but wouldn't be without the ache， because that would mean being without you and that I can't be because I love you.
A letter to Nancy in 1963， quoted in her 2000 book I Love You， Ronnie
I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.
Announcing his Alzheimer's disease， 5 November， 1994
美國前總統(tǒng)羅納德·里根不時(shí)被譽(yù)為“偉大的溝通者”。
在他的職業(yè)生涯中，他因善于開玩笑，妙語連珠和時(shí)不時(shí)的出丑而出名。
下面精選了他的一些名言：
政府不能解決問題，它本身就是問題。
——1981年1月20日就職演說
政府對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)的見解可以用幾個(gè)短語來總結(jié)：如果經(jīng)濟(jì)增長，就征稅；如果經(jīng)濟(jì)繼續(xù)增長，就調(diào)控；如果經(jīng)濟(jì)停滯不前，就資助?！?986年
不久前，我的一個(gè)朋友被邀請參加一個(gè)化裝舞會(huì)。他把雞蛋拍在臉上，裝扮成一個(gè)自由主義經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家?！?988年
親愛的，我忘了蹲下。
——1981年3月30日，里根遭遇槍擊后，在急救室里對(duì)妻子南希說
我希望你們都是共和黨人。
——進(jìn)手術(shù)室時(shí)，里根對(duì)外科醫(yī)生們說
當(dāng)你們看到民主黨人信口開河、夸夸其談時(shí)，那么，女士們、先生們，我會(huì)像他們的被提名者一樣：屏住呼吸。
——1992年，里根在全美共和黨議會(huì)上提到比爾·克林頓時(shí)說
我的美國同胞們，今天我很高興地告訴你們，我已經(jīng)簽署了永久宣布蘇聯(lián)為非法的議案，我們五分鐘后開始轟炸。
——1984年，里根開了一個(gè)笑話，他沒有意識(shí)到麥克風(fēng)正開著
如果你尋求和平，如果你尋求蘇聯(lián)和東歐的繁榮，如果你尋求自由主義，請來到這扇門前……打開這扇門……推倒這堵墻。
——1987年6月，里根在柏林的勃蘭登堡門向蘇聯(lián)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人戈?duì)柊蛦谭虬l(fā)表講話
我們將永遠(yuǎn)懷念他們。我們將永遠(yuǎn)為他們而感到驕傲。我們時(shí)刻準(zhǔn)備著，因此我們永遠(yuǎn)都是自由的。
——1984年6月6日，紀(jì)念諾曼底登陸四十周年。
她是英國最棒的人。
——里根對(duì)英國前首相瑪格麗特·撒切爾夫人的評(píng)價(jià)
如果我感到疼痛，那是因?yàn)槲覀兎蛛x。然而這不可能，因?yàn)槟闶俏业囊徊糠?，所以我們?shí)際上從未分離。但我還是感到疼痛，這意味著你不在身旁。我不能沒有你，因?yàn)槲覑勰恪?BR> ——摘自里根1963年寫給南希的一封信，選自2000年出版的《我愛你，羅尼》
現(xiàn)在，我開始了旅程，它將把我?guī)蛏章?。我知道，美國永遠(yuǎn)會(huì)有一個(gè)燦爛的黎明。
——1994年11月5日，里根宣布自己患上阿爾采莫氏?。ɡ夏晷园V呆癥）
Over his career he was renowned for telling jokes， summing up issues with memorable lines， and making the odd gaffe.
Here is a selection of his quotes：
Government is not the solution， it's the problem.
Inaugural address， 20 January， 1981
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， subsidise it.
1986
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.
1988
Honey， I forgot to duck.
To wife Nancy Reagan in the emergency room after being shot， 30 March， 1981
I hope you're all Republicans.
To surgeons as he went into the operating theatre
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats， well， ladies and gentlemen， I'd follow the example of their nominee： don't inhale.
A reference to Bill Clinton at the Republican National Convention， 1992
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.
A joke， not realising a microphone was on， 1984
If you seek peace， if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe， if you seek liberalisation， come here to this gate …… open this gate …… tear down this wall.
At the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin， addressing a speech to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev， June 1987
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared， so we may always be free.
On the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings， 6 June， 1984
She's the best man in England.
On former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher
If I ache， it's because we are apart and yet that can't be because you are inside and a part of me， so we really aren't apart at all. Yet I ache but wouldn't be without the ache， because that would mean being without you and that I can't be because I love you.
A letter to Nancy in 1963， quoted in her 2000 book I Love You， Ronnie
I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.
Announcing his Alzheimer's disease， 5 November， 1994
美國前總統(tǒng)羅納德·里根不時(shí)被譽(yù)為“偉大的溝通者”。
在他的職業(yè)生涯中，他因善于開玩笑，妙語連珠和時(shí)不時(shí)的出丑而出名。
下面精選了他的一些名言：
政府不能解決問題，它本身就是問題。
——1981年1月20日就職演說
政府對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)的見解可以用幾個(gè)短語來總結(jié)：如果經(jīng)濟(jì)增長，就征稅；如果經(jīng)濟(jì)繼續(xù)增長，就調(diào)控；如果經(jīng)濟(jì)停滯不前，就資助?！?986年
不久前，我的一個(gè)朋友被邀請參加一個(gè)化裝舞會(huì)。他把雞蛋拍在臉上，裝扮成一個(gè)自由主義經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家?！?988年
親愛的，我忘了蹲下。
——1981年3月30日，里根遭遇槍擊后，在急救室里對(duì)妻子南希說
我希望你們都是共和黨人。
——進(jìn)手術(shù)室時(shí)，里根對(duì)外科醫(yī)生們說
當(dāng)你們看到民主黨人信口開河、夸夸其談時(shí)，那么，女士們、先生們，我會(huì)像他們的被提名者一樣：屏住呼吸。
——1992年，里根在全美共和黨議會(huì)上提到比爾·克林頓時(shí)說
我的美國同胞們，今天我很高興地告訴你們，我已經(jīng)簽署了永久宣布蘇聯(lián)為非法的議案，我們五分鐘后開始轟炸。
——1984年，里根開了一個(gè)笑話，他沒有意識(shí)到麥克風(fēng)正開著
如果你尋求和平，如果你尋求蘇聯(lián)和東歐的繁榮，如果你尋求自由主義，請來到這扇門前……打開這扇門……推倒這堵墻。
——1987年6月，里根在柏林的勃蘭登堡門向蘇聯(lián)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人戈?duì)柊蛦谭虬l(fā)表講話
我們將永遠(yuǎn)懷念他們。我們將永遠(yuǎn)為他們而感到驕傲。我們時(shí)刻準(zhǔn)備著，因此我們永遠(yuǎn)都是自由的。
——1984年6月6日，紀(jì)念諾曼底登陸四十周年。
她是英國最棒的人。
——里根對(duì)英國前首相瑪格麗特·撒切爾夫人的評(píng)價(jià)
如果我感到疼痛，那是因?yàn)槲覀兎蛛x。然而這不可能，因?yàn)槟闶俏业囊徊糠?，所以我們?shí)際上從未分離。但我還是感到疼痛，這意味著你不在身旁。我不能沒有你，因?yàn)槲覑勰恪?BR> ——摘自里根1963年寫給南希的一封信，選自2000年出版的《我愛你，羅尼》
現(xiàn)在，我開始了旅程，它將把我?guī)蛏章?。我知道，美國永遠(yuǎn)會(huì)有一個(gè)燦爛的黎明。
——1994年11月5日，里根宣布自己患上阿爾采莫氏?。ɡ夏晷园V呆癥）