Ronald Reagan Quotes

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety.

Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage.

Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

Isn't it strange that ... people build walls to keep an enemy out, and there's only one part of the world and one philosophy where they have to build walls to keep their people in

An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not bad advice for a politician either.

There are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams.

A small nation, faced with the denial of its sovereignty — indeed, of its very existence — reminded us that the price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of freedom.

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

To 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.

Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.

If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.

Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.

Revenues should be increased not by increasing the tax rates on the individual but by building a bigger economy for everybody.

America is too great for small dreams.

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

May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.

One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.

Let 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.

Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

Excellence does not begin in Washington.

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

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

Like the genocide of the Armenians before it, and the genocide of the Cambodians which followed it ... the lessons of the Holocaust must never be forgotten.

In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about.

Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights.

. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.

If you're explaining, you're losing.

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

I believe the best social program is a job.

Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.

Blondes have the hottest kisses. Red-heads are fair-to-middling torrid, and brunettes are the frigidest of all. It's something to do with hormones, no doubt.

Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited.

When cruelty is inflicted on innocent people, it discredits whatever cause.

As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it.

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth.

Detente - isn't that what a farmer has with his turkey - until Thanksgiving?

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.

I believe in a sound, strong environmental policy that protects the health of our people and a wise stewardship of our nation's natural resources.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

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

There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.

The very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.