Soundbytes (Friday, 24th May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1900: The UK annexed the Orange Free State

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  • “Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver 5 minutes longer.”

Soundbytes (Thursday, 23rd May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1533: Henry VIII’s first marriage was annulled

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  • “Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.”

Soundbytes (Wednesday, 22nd May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1923: Conservative Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law resigned for health reasons after just seven months in the job

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  • “All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.”

Soundbytes (Tuesday, 21st May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1982: In the Falklands War, the Battle of San Carlos began

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  • “Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is [tax day].”

Soundbytes (Monday, 20th May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1217: In the Second Battle of Lincoln, English forces decisively defeated the invading Prince Louis of France

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  • “I wasn’t lucky, I deserved it”

Daily Reaganite

  • “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.”

Soundbytes (Friday, 17th May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1915: The last ever Liberal Party majority government fell

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  • “I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “I’m afraid I can’t use a mule. I have several hundred up on Capitol Hill.”

Soundbytes (Thursday, 16th May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1991: Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address a joint session of the US Congress

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  • “If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”

Soundbytes (Wednesday, 15th May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1536: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife, stood trial for treason, adultery and incest

Daily Thatcherite

  • “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”

Soundbytes (Tuesday, 14th May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1727: English painter Thomas Gainsborough was born

Daily Thatcherite

  • “We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty.”

Daily Reaganite

  • “A people free to choose will always choose peace.”

Soundbytes (Monday, 13th May 2013)

Soundbytes: Today’s top stories and opinion

On this day…

  • 1912: The Royal Flying Corps, the precursor to the RAF, was founded