I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war than the people have been told. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
With freedom goes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual himself. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn't the people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. We have to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The NRA believes America's laws were made to be obeyed and that our Constitutional liberties are just as important today as 200… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In 1992, the federal Government actually issued more work authorizations to immigrants and temporary foreign workers than the net number of new… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered about a paradox in American government: Every four years, voters elect a president and in California a governor,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
This is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry every night. Well, that was probably true. They… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You can achieve anything in politics provided that you let someone else take the credit. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting no. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the responsibilitie s and joys of fatherhood. Whether our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share