Ronald Reagan
A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald ReaganA people free to choose will always choose peace.
Ronald ReaganA tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
Ronald ReaganAbove all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Ronald ReaganAll great change in America begins at the dinner table.
Ronald ReaganAll the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Ronald ReaganApproximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.
Ronald ReaganBefore I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Ronald ReaganBut there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.
Ronald ReaganConcentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Ronald ReaganDemocracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
Ronald ReaganDon't be afraid to see what you see.
Ronald ReaganEach generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.
Ronald ReaganEntrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
Ronald ReaganFacts are stubborn things.
Ronald ReaganFreedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Ronald ReaganFreedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganGoing to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
Ronald ReaganGovernment always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
Ronald ReaganGovernment does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Ronald ReaganGovernment exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Ronald ReaganGovernment is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Ronald ReaganGovernment's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Ronald ReaganGovernment's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald ReaganGovernments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Ronald ReaganHeroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.
Ronald ReaganHistory teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Ronald ReaganHow can a president not be an actor?
Ronald ReaganHow do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald ReaganI am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
Ronald ReaganI call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
Ronald ReaganI favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
Ronald ReaganI have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
Ronald ReaganI have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
Ronald ReaganI know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Ronald ReaganI never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.
Ronald ReaganI'm not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
Ronald ReaganI've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a ‘fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a ‘public-spirited philanthropist'.
Ronald ReaganI've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Ronald ReaganIf the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.
Ronald ReaganIf the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.
Ronald ReaganIf we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald ReaganIf we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
Ronald ReaganInflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Ronald ReaganInformation is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
Ronald ReaganIt doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.
Ronald ReaganIt has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Ronald ReaganIt's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.
Ronald ReaganIt's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
Ronald ReaganIt's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
Ronald ReaganLet us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.
Ronald ReaganLet us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.
Ronald ReaganLife is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
Ronald ReaganMan is not free unless government is limited.
Ronald ReaganMr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Ronald ReaganMy fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.
Ronald ReaganMy philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.
Ronald ReaganNo government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
Ronald ReaganNo matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.
Ronald ReaganNo mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
Ronald ReaganOf the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
Ronald ReaganOne picture is worth 1,000 denials.
Ronald ReaganOne way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
Ronald ReaganPeace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Ronald ReaganPeace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Ronald ReaganPeople do not make wars; governments do.
Ronald ReaganPolitics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Ronald ReaganPolitics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.
Ronald ReaganPolitics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Ronald ReaganProtecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Ronald ReaganRecession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
Ronald ReaganRepublicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
Ronald ReaganSome people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald ReaganStatus quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we're in'.
Ronald ReaganSurround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.
Ronald ReaganThe best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
Ronald ReaganThe government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald ReaganThe greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.
Ronald ReaganThe most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald ReaganThe problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
Ronald ReaganThe taxpayer – that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Ronald ReaganThe thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.
Ronald ReaganThere are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
Ronald ReaganThere are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Ronald ReaganThere are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
Ronald ReaganThey say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.
Ronald ReaganThey say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.
Ronald ReaganThomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
Ronald ReaganTo paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
Ronald ReaganTo sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last – but eat you he will.
Ronald ReaganToday we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
Ronald ReaganToday, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
Ronald ReaganTrust, but verify.
Ronald ReaganUnemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.
Ronald ReaganViolence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.
Ronald ReaganWe are never defeated unless we give up on God.
Ronald ReaganWe can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.
Ronald ReaganWe can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
Ronald ReaganWe have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
Ronald ReaganWe might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.
Ronald ReaganWe 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 ReaganWe should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.
Ronald ReaganWe should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
Ronald ReaganWe will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
Ronald ReaganWe're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
Ronald ReaganWelfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
Ronald ReaganWell, I learned a lot… I went down to Latin America to find out from them and (learn) their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries.
Ronald ReaganWhat we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.
Ronald ReaganWhen you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
Ronald ReaganWhile I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
Ronald ReaganWithin the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Ronald ReaganWithout God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald ReaganYou can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Ronald ReaganYou know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.
Ronald Reagan