Ronald Reagan Quotes

More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statu...

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.

If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and wome...

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us towar...

As government expands, liberty contracts.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

They had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it wi...

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wa...

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it...

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then wo...

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring...

I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet me...

They preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man and predict its ...

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And e...

Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?

The key for any speaker is to establish his own point of view for the audience, so they can see the ...

Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in...

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised...

America is too great for small dreams.

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It...

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a...

Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly ...

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't availabl...

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, ...

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formida...

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.

A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; t...

They say hard work never hurt anybody but I figure why take the chance.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of respon...

Radio was theater of the mind.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

If we love our country we should also love our countrymen.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never dis...

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very...

Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom...

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's...

...where the preservation of a natural resource like the redwoods is concerned, that there is a comm...

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is...

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, India...

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know...

It seems to me that America is constantly reinventing what "America" means.

Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is wh...

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civi...

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?

Trust, but verify.

We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won

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

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in d...

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our pro...

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in...

I discovered that night (in his college's student politics) that an audience has a feel to it, and, ...

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

I was not a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

Trees, how many of 'em do we need to look at?

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets...

Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people...

You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a strik...

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we coul...

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long...

Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner ...

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn thei...

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic do...

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everyth...

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker...