Energy independence... so they said then

"[In 1973] we were lined up at the gas station - turned our thermostats down as Washington announced 'Project Independence.' We were going to become self-sufficient, able to provide for our own energy needs. At that time, we were only importing a small percentage of our oil. Yet, the Arab boycott caused half a million Americans to lose their jobs when plants closed down for lack of fuel…. [T]hree years later… 'Project Independence' [had] become "Project Dependence." Congress [had] adopted an energy bill so bad we were led to believe Mr. Ford would veto it. Instead, he signed it. And, almost instantly, drilling rigs all over our land started shutting down. [So], for the first time in our history [in 1976] we [were] importing more oil than we [were producing]." -- Ronald Reagan (1976)

It's time to elect a Congress that will...

"[L]aws passed by Congress can be repealed by Congress. And, if Congress is unwilling to do this, isn't it about time we elect a Congress that will?" -- Ronald Reagan (1976)

We'll never build a lasting economic recovery...

"The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before." -- Ronald Reagan (1976)

Down the road under the banner of Marx, et al

"[B]ack in 1936, Mr. Democrat himself, Al Smith, the great American, came before the American people and charged that the leadership of his Party was taking the Party of Jefferson, Jackson, and Cleveland down the road under the banner of Marx, Lenin, and Stalin." -- Ronald Reagan (1964)

Who can stop the advance of socialism now?

"[On] February 19th [1963] at the University of Minnesota, Norman Thomas, six-times candidate for President on the Socialist Party ticket, said, "If Barry Goldwater became President, he would stop the advance of socialism in the United States." -- Ronald Reagan (1964)

The trouble with liberals...

"[T]he trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." -- Ronald Reagan (1964)

Wrong perceptions... wrong solutions

"We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one. So they're going to solve all the problems of human misery through government and government planning." -- Ronald Reagan (1964)