Donald T. Regan Quotes

Donald T. Regan — American Public Servant born on December 21, 1918, died on June 10, 2003

Donald Thomas "Don" Regan was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from 1981 to 1985, and White House Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Ronald Reagan Administration, where he advocated "Reaganomics" and tax cuts to create jobs and stimulate production. Before serving in the Reagan administration, Regan served as Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch from 1971 to 1980. He had worked at Merrill Lynch since 1946 and before this he had studied at Harvard University and served in the United States Marine Corps, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel... (wikipedia)

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up.

We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector.

At dinner parties I sit below the salt now. There are a lot of interesting people there.

By no means was it really teed up for him.