At 9:39 +0800 12/5/02, Alan Sargent wrote: > >Reagan made it famous in English, but didn't originate it: ><http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?TrustButVerify> >"Doveryay, no proveryay... Trust, but verify." >-- Ronald Reagan, quoting Gorbachev quoting Lenin, on signing the 1987 >Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty >and ><http://www.modcult.brown.edu/people/rabyd/RONNIE_RENEGS.html> >"Trust but verify," ... a favorite phrase of Gorbachev and Lenin ... an old >Russian saying of sorts pre-dating Lenin and then some.
And do you remember the exchange between President Reagan and President Gorbachev? After President Reagan had quoted it once, the following took place: Gorbachev: "You always are saying that!" (probably with some exasperation) Reagan: "I like it!" Sincerely, Dennis -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
