--- title: "3 Antiwar Quotes By Ronald Reagan" description: "3 Antiwar quotes by Ronald Reagan. Plus more from Ronald Reagan and more Antiwar sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/ronald-reagan-119_anti-war_our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-b_118750.jpg" --- > [Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-be-misjudged-as-a-failure-of/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/ronald-reagan-119_anti-war_our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-b_118750.jpg) > [ I couldn't help but say to \[Mr. Gorbachev\], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-couldn-t-help-but-say-to-mr-gorbachev-just-think-how-easy-his-task/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/ronald-reagan-119_antiwar_i-couldn-t-help-but-say-to-mr-gorbachev_137158.jpg) > [The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-defense-policy-of-the-united-states-is-based-on-a-simple-premise/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/ronald-reagan-119_aggressors_the-defense-policy-of-the-united-states_746458.jpg) ## Other authors on Antiwar - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-ludwig-von-mises-61872.jpg) Ludwig von Mises 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ludwig-von-mises/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/noam-chomsky/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernard-barton-17291.jpg) Smedley Butler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/smedley-butler/) - [Mark Twain 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-washington-38054.jpg) George Washington 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/george-washington/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eugene-v-debs-34163.jpg) Eugene V. Debs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/eugene-v-debs/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dwight-d-eisenhower-30965.jpg) Dwight D. Eisenhower 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/dwight-d-eisenhower/) ## More by Ronald Reagan > [Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/today-the-world-looks-to-america-for-leadership-and-america-looks-to/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-ve-long-believed-one-of-the-mainsprings-of-our-own-liberty-has-been/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/you-know-by-the-time-you-reach-my-age-you-ve-made-plenty-of-mistakes/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/yes-across-europe-this-wall-will-fall-for-it-cannot-withstand-faith/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/simple-fairness-dictates-that-government-must-not-raise-taxes-on/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-time-has-come-to-turn-to-god-and-reassert-our-trust-in-him-for/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/professional-politicians-like-to-talk-about-the-value-of-experience/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-wpa-was-one-of-the-most-productive-elements-of-fdr-s-alphabet/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Where there's liberty, art succeeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/where-there-s-liberty-art-succeeds/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/since-i-came-to-the-white-house-i-got-two-hearing-aids-a-colon/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/a-moment-i-ve-been-dreading-george-brought-his-ne-re-do-well-son/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/on-father-s-day-we-pay-tribute-to-all-in-our-society-who-have-taken/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/there-is-no-limit-to-the-amount-of-good-you-can-do-if-you-don-t-care/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/it-s-not-that-liberals-aren-t-smart-it-s-just-that-so-much-of-what/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) > [Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/love-your-country-not-for-her-power-or-wealth-but-for-her/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ronald-reagan/#itemlist", "name": "3 Antiwar Quotes By Ronald Reagan", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ronald Reagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-be-misjudged-as-a-failure-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/ronald-reagan-119_anti-war_our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-b_118750.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/ronald-reagan-119_anti-war_our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-b_118750.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/ronald-reagan-119_anti-war_our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-b_118750.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.” — Ronald Reagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ronald Reagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-couldn-t-help-but-say-to-mr-gorbachev-just-think-how-easy-his-task/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/ronald-reagan-119_antiwar_i-couldn-t-help-but-say-to-mr-gorbachev_137158.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/ronald-reagan-119_antiwar_i-couldn-t-help-but-say-to-mr-gorbachev_137158.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/ronald-reagan-119_antiwar_i-couldn-t-help-but-say-to-mr-gorbachev_137158.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings…” — Ronald Reagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ronald Reagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-defense-policy-of-the-united-states-is-based-on-a-simple-premise/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/ronald-reagan-119_aggressors_the-defense-policy-of-the-united-states_746458.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/ronald-reagan-119_aggressors_the-defense-policy-of-the-united-states_746458.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/ronald-reagan-119_aggressors_the-defense-policy-of-the-united-states_746458.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start…” — Ronald Reagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ronald-reagan/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ronald-reagan/", "name": "Antiwar Quotes by Ronald Reagan", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ronald-reagan/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/ronald-reagan-119_anti-war_our-reluctance-for-conflict-should-not-b_118750.jpg" }, "description": "3 Antiwar quotes by Ronald Reagan. Plus more from Ronald Reagan and more Antiwar sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ronald-reagan/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ronald-reagan/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Antiwar", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Ronald Reagan", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiwar/ronald-reagan/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```