Ronald Reagan Quotes

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

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

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

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under god is acknowledged.

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

Trust, but verify.

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

The government's first duty is to protect the people.

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.

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

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

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 does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

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

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

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

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

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause.

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

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

Honey, I forgot to duck.

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.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

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

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

Freedom 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.

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

My 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

Let us ask ourselves; What kind of people do we think we are?

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

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

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession.

I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

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

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

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

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

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

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

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

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