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title: "31 Economic Quotes By Ronald Reagan"
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> [In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/in-a-world-wracked-by-hatred-economic-crisis-and-political-tension/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [I want to talk about political and economic fairy tales.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-want-to-talk-about-political-and-economic-fairy-tales/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/no-mother-would-ever-willingly-sacrifice-her-sons-for-territorial/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-fact-is-we-ll-never-build-a-lasting-economic-recovery-by-going/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [America's economic strength depends on industry's ability to improve productivity and quality and to remain on the cutting edge of technology, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/america-s-economic-strength-depends-on-industry-s-ability-to-improve/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [There can be no security anywhere in the free world if there is no fiscal and economic stability within the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/there-can-be-no-security-anywhere-in-the-free-world-if-there-is-no/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [I've talked to you on a number of occasions about the economic problems our nation faces, and I am prepared to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-ve-talked-to-you-on-a-number-of-occasions-about-the-economic/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-economic-welfare-of-all-our-people-must-ultimately-stem-not-from/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/entrepreneurs-and-their-small-enterprises-are-responsible-for-almost/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Those who advocate more and more government regulation have been experimenting for 40 years, trying to create an economic system in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/those-who-advocate-more-and-more-government-regulation-have-been/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [In an ironic sense, Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/in-an-ironic-sense-karl-marx-was-right-we-are-witnessing-today-a/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Our economic assistance must be carefully targeted, and must make maximum use of the energy and efforts of the private sector... Economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/our-economic-assistance-must-be-carefully-targeted-and-must-make/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/only-when-the-human-spirit-is-allowed-to-invent-and-create-only-when/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [ You know, if I listened to him \[Michael Dukakis\] long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/you-know-if-i-listened-to-him-michael-dukakis-long-enough-i-would-be/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Constructive trade, the two-way exchange of goods and services, is the most efficient and logical way for each nation . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/constructive-trade-the-two-way-exchange-of-goods-and-services-is-the/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [America has always been greatest when we dared to be great. We can reach for greatness again. We can follow our dreams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/america-has-always-been-greatest-when-we-dared-to-be-great-we-can/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [America's foreign policy supports freedom, democracy, and human dignity for all mankind, and we make no apologies for it. The opportunity society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/america-s-foreign-policy-supports-freedom-democracy-and-human-dignity/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [There are those, of course, who claim we must give up freedom in exchange for economic progress. Well, pardon me, but anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/there-are-those-of-course-who-claim-we-must-give-up-freedom-in/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/we-who-live-in-free-market-societies-believe-that-growth-prosperity/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/our-founding-fathers-well-understood-that-concentrated-power-is-the/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/we-cannot-escape-our-destiny-nor-should-we-try-to-do-so-the/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/for-decades-we-have-piled-deficit-upon-deficit-mortgaging-our-future/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/there-are-many-well-meaning-people-today-who-work-at-placing-an/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-dustbin-of-history-is-littered-with-remains-of-those-countries/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The societies which have achieved the most spectacular broad-based economic progress in the shortest period of time are not the most tightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-societies-which-have-achieved-the-most-spectacular-broad-based/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/where-others-fear-trade-and-economic-growth-we-see-opportunities-for/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/concentrated-power-has-always-been-the-enemy-of-liberty-democracy-is/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Labor force needs and economic conditions are disregarded in our policies. Many aspects of our current policies and procedures are patently wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/labor-force-needs-and-economic-conditions-are-disregarded-in-our/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [If we've learned any lessons during the past few decades, perhaps the most important is that preservation of our environment is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/if-we-ve-learned-any-lessons-during-the-past-few-decades-perhaps-the/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Since the foundation of the State of Israel, the United States has stood by her and helped her to pursue security, peace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/since-the-foundation-of-the-state-of-israel-the-united-states-has/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/we-must-remove-government-s-smothering-hand-from-where-it-does-harm/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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## Other authors on Economic

## 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/)

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                        "text": "If we've learned any lessons during the past few decades, perhaps the most important is that preservation of our environment is not a partisan challenge; it's common sense. Our physical health, our social happiness, and our economic well-being will be sustained only by all of us working in partnership as thoughtful, effective stewards of our natural resources.",
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