Březen 2008

Nejlepší prezident všech dob

Ross Hedvíček

Je mi známa eurokomunistická nenávist Čechů vůči současnému prezidentovi Bushovi. Utěšuji se tím, že názory idiotů se nepočítají. G. W. Bush by byl, nebýt jeho nešťastného přístupu k Mexičanům a ochraně jižní hranice Spojených států snad nejlepším prezidentem posledních let. Ale není. Je jen druhý. Titul nejlepšího amerického prezidenta všech dob s velkým náskokem drží Ronald Reagan. Newsmax mi právě poslal nabídku na jakési CD s Reaganovými výroky. Reagan bezesporu byl velký communicator. Přikládám pár příkladů. Vezměte si slovníček a zalistujte si:

Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I’m here to help.

No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.

The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t take the civil service exam.

Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

I’ve laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. 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, subsidize it.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong.