In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You can never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to wet their finger and hold it in the wind. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Revolution means democracy in today's world, not the enslavement of peoples to the corrupt and degrading horrors of totalitarianism — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God democracy will not and cannot long endure. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When you see all of the smoke billowing up from the Democrats, ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the advice of their nominee:… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of repression. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and women must accept the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, 'We must broaden the base of our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Since the foundation of the State of Israel, the United States has stood by her and helped her to pursue security, peace,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We're approaching the end of a bloody century plagued by a terrible political invention, totalitarianism. Optimism comes less easily today, not because… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Isreal was… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Yes, our country has its shortcomings, but there's no moral equivalency between democracy and totalitarianism…There's no moral equivalency between propaganda and the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Democrats say that the United States has had its days in the sun, that our nation has passed its zenith. They… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute. The first believes all men are created equal by a loving God who… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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