Ronald Reagan Quotes
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, 40th President of the United States (Republican, CA), remark at a business conference in Los Angeles, 2 March 1977
Although Reagan is reported to have said this on numerous occasions, no definitive citation has yet been found. The earliest reference to a similar quote is found in “The Consent of the Governed, and Other Deceits” (1971) by New York Times political analyst Arthur Krock in the chapter titled "The Second Oldest Profession.”
The Slavery issue was so contentious that many Northern Congressmen had just given up on the abolitionist cause or never agreed with it even though in many areas of the country the majority of their constituents supported abolition.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975.
