Ronald Reagan was known for both his sense of humor and his straight-forward, no-nonsense jibes. They are often called “reaganisms.” "I hope you're all Republicans," he said, speaking to surgeons as he entered the operating room following a 1981 assassination attempt. If he did not know the answer, like some, he was compelled to make them up. He once remarked, "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles." And along the same lines, "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk."The homeless did not escape his sometimes odd observations. He once remarked, "What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice."
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And lastly, a parting bit of wit from President Reagan that never made it to broadcast . . . "My fellow Americans. I'm pleased to announce that I've signed legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in five minutes." - joking during a mike check before a weekly Saturday radio broadcast.
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