History Quotes by Ronald Reagan

38 History quotes by Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan warns that a tax burden of a third of a nation’s income cannot last. He says liberty never comes from government and that cheap aggression sparks war. He also reminds us to trust the people and focus on what truly matters.

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

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Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.

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If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

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No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.

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Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

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Through the history of our nation, Americans have always extended their hands in gestures of assistance.

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If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

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We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion, but what's important.

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History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack…

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History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a…

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It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its…

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Admittedly, there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the…

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Throughout our history, We Americans have been willing to meet great challenges and do what is right when our destiny demanded it.

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For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always…

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History comes and history goes, but principles endure, and ensure future generations will defend liberty not as a gift from government but…

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If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.

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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…

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So in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride - the temptation blithely…

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We are not a warlike people. Nor is our history filled with tales of aggressive adventures and imperialism, which might come as…

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Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic…

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History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. To keep the peace, we and our allies…

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I believe that communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages even now are being written. I believe…

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Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes,…

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We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to…

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We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied peoples joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For…

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Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words:…

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It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley…

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But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all…

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“No people in all history paid a higher price for freedom. And no people have done so much to advance the dignity…

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Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that…

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A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.

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The doors of this Library are open now and are all welcome. The judgment of history is left to you, the people.…

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The fourth landing of the Columbia is the historical equivalent of the driving of the golden spike which completed the first transcontinental…

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“Liberty has never come from government,” Woodrow Wilson, one of FDR’s predecessors and another Democrat, said. “The history of liberty is the…

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Throughout our history Americans have put their faith in God and no one can doubt that we have been blessed for it.…

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It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom…

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We've been a free people living under the law, with faith in our Maker and in our future. I've said before that…

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The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and character of…

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Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.

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Where there's liberty, art succeeds.

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There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

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Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.

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