Memorable Forty Years Ago Quotes

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"The future will belong to those who understand and can use computers."
Michael J. Miller (1984)
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson (Reportedly said in 1977, though disputed. Saying att
"Corporations must be profitable to benefit everyone."
Lewis F. Powell Jr. (around 1971, but its influence persisted i
"In an expanding universe, time is relative, which means that the primary reality is space."
Kenneth Snelson (1984)
"I think that the effects of the break-up of AT&T on the consumer will depend on what the various parties do."
William Baxter (1984)
"The idea is not to live forever; it is to create something that will."
Andy Warhol (approximately 1984)
"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."
Ronald Reagan (Various occassions, including around 1984)
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"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan (1987, but the sentiment existed around 1984)
"There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn't matter who gets the credit."
Ronald Reagan (Various occasions around 1984)
"Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan (Common theme in his speeches, including around 1
"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."
Ronald Reagan (Various speeches, including around 1984)
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Francis of Assisi (Attributed, popular during the 1980s)
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Peter Drucker (Attributed, popular during the 1980s)
"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."
Arthur C. Clarke (Likely said before, but relevant to the era)
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
Alice Walker (Relevant to the discussions of social change in t
"Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell."
Frank Borman (Though he may have said this before, the sentimen
"Greed is all right, by the way. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself."
Ivan Boesky (A prominent figure in the 1980s financial world)
"There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families."
Margaret Thatcher (1987, but the ideology was established aroun
"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."
Margaret Thatcher (Common saying, encapsulating her political s
"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."
Margaret Thatcher (Relating to the emphasis on self-reliance)
"Socialism works only in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it."
Ronald Reagan (Recurring comment in the 1980s)
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"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 (Said around 1984)
"Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours."
Ronald Reagan? (Attribution is debated, the quote was prevalent
"Peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of justice."
Martin Luther King Jr. (Though said earlier, its relevance cont
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King Jr. (Though said earlier, continued to be re

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