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By Ronald Reagan
Status quo, you know, that is Latin for "the mess we're in."
- Source
- Remarks at a Reception for Members of the Associated General Contractors of America, March 16, 1981
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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A joke from Reagan at a reception for the Associated General Contractors of America, March 16, 1981. He had just asked the audience whether, after 2 years of double-digit inflation and economic stagnation, they wanted to keep the status quo.