A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best social program is a productive job for anyone who's willing to work. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
That's the nice thing about this job. You get to quote yourself shamelessly. If you don't, Larry Speakes will. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it.… — 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
Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutional ized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let me make our goal . . . very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs . . . . Our policy… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let me make our goal in this program very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Our policy has been and will… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I was 21 and looking for work in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression. And I can remember… — 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 political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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
How can we not believe in the greatness of America? How can we not do what is right and needed to preserve this last best hope of man on Earth? After all our struggles to restore America, to revive confidence in our country, hope for our future - after all our hard-won victories earned through the patience and courage of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece of the American dream. [...] Well, wouldn't it be nice to hear a little more about the forgotten heroes of America-those who create most of our new jobs, like the owners of stores down the street; the faithfuls who support our churches, synagogues, schools, and communities; the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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 put things in perspective. You pull your energies together. You change. You go forward. My fellow Americans, I have a great deal that I want to accomplish with you and for you over the next two… — 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 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 political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over… — 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 fathers are near at hand or a continent away, with their families or watching from the light of eternity, we take this day to remember them, to say our thanks for the years they have given… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share