Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Together, we'll build a far better future for America -- a future of growth, opportunity, and security, anchored by the values of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It should be clear to everyone that the nation's steadfast policy should afford every American of working age a realistic opportunity to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
ALEC has forged a unique partnership between state legislators and leaders from the corporate and business community. This partnership offers businessmen the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes,… — 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
Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a new beginning.… — 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
The people of Central America - and, in a broader sense, the entire developing world - need to know first-hand that freedom… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece of the American dream. [...] Well, wouldn't it be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There is a flickering spark in us all which, if struck at just the right age...can light the rest of our lives,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America's foreign policy supports freedom, democracy, and human dignity for all mankind, and we make no apologies for it. The opportunity society… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
At the root of everything that we’re trying to accomplish is the belief that America has a mission. We are a nation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To many of us now, computers, silicon chips, data processing, cybernetics, and all the other innovations of the dawning high technology age… — 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