Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe now, as I alway have, that America's strength is in 'We the People.' — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A nation's greatness is measured not just by its gross national product or military power, but by the strength of its devotion… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America was founded by people who believe that God was their rock of safety. I recognize we must be cautious in claiming… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think people have a need to feel good about the country they live in, but what's happening, I think, is that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I can't help but believe that in the future we will see in the United States and throughout the Western world an… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our loyalty lies with little taxpayers, not big spenders. What our critics really believe is that those in Washington know better how… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
And one more idea which may be laughed and sneered at in some supposedly sophisticated circles, but I just have to believe… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It doesn't require expropriation or confiscation of private property or business to impose socialism on a people. What does it mean whether… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Someone asked me whether I was aware of all the people out there who were praying for the President. And I had… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The NRA believes America's laws were made to be obeyed and that our Constitutional liberties are just as important today as 200… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
This country was founded and built by people with great dreams and the courage to take great risks. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night. Well that was probably true. They… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers believed that faith in God was the key to our being a good people and America's becoming a great… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Hayek is amongst the top 2-3 of the all the people who ever influenced me. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry every night. Well, that was probably true. They… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When cruelty is inflicted on innocent people, it discredits whatever cause. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime means longer suspended sentences. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America was founded by people who believe that God is their Rock of safety. — 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
