"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
― Ronald Reagan
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Politics
More From Ronald Reagan
- "You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we’re in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we’ve got to do something about the unemployed."
- "Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours."
- "Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure."
More In Politics
- "The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around, especially as President."― Hunter S. Thompson
- "Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil."― Jon Meacham
- "Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around."― Gilbert K. Chesterton