Category Archives: Quote of the Day

From the Reagan Diaries: Tuesday, June 9 [1981] …Ended day with an N.S.C. meeting on the [Israeli] bombing of Iraq. P.M. Begin insists the plant was preparing to produce nuclear weapons for use on Israel. If he waited ’til the … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Monday, June 1 [1981] Quite a day! Met with Sen. Simpson re immigration. He had a great collection of fraudulent S.S. cards, drivers licenses, union cards, etc. –Oh also phony food stamps. How can we catch … Continue reading →

More from the Reagan Diaries: Friday, May 1 [1981] More meetings with Congressmen. Highlight was noon visit by Prince Charles. He’s a most likeable person. The ushers brought him tea — horror of horrors they served it our way with … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries, a long one: Thursday, April 23 …Last night watched the NBC Special on our first 100 days. If only Bobby Burns had waited for TV he would never have written “If only we had the gift … Continue reading →

We’ll take a momentary break from the Reagan Diaries. This one’s just too good to pass up. Robert Novak: Well, I think Bill Clinton was a minor league liar compared to Jimmy Carter. Carter would just lie for the sake … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Sunday, April 19 — Easter A beautiful Easter morning. In the afternoon Rev. Louis Evans & his wife called and brought us communion. They made it a most meaningful day. Watched some TV in bed and … Continue reading →

More from the Reagan Diaries: Friday, April 17 [1981] Good Friday and while representatives of the Nat. Co. [National Council] of Churches paraded (carrying the cross) in front of the W.H. protesting our effort to help El Salvador Cardinal Cooke … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Monday, March 30 [1981] Left the hotel at the usual side entrance and headed for the car — suddenly there was a burst of gun fire from the left. S.S. Agent pushed me onto the floor … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Thursday, March 19 The auto task force met with Cabinet — still some disagreement about any quotas on Japanese imports. …The V.P. summed it up nicely. He said we’re all for free enterprise but woudl any … Continue reading →