Politics is, for me, forgive and -as you may have heard- sometimes forget. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Even now I wonder what I might have accomplished if I'd studied harder — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.” — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Free enterprise has done more to reduce poverty than all the government programs dreamed up by Democrats. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have always thought of government as a kind of organism with an insatiable appetite for money, whose natural state is to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have flown twice over Mount St. Helens out on our West Coast. I'm not a scientist and I don't know the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We're resolved tonight that young Americans will always see those Potomac lights, that they will always find here a city of hope… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer, just as liberalism is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I had a copy of the Soviet Constitution and I read it with great interest. And I saw all kinds of terms… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem. — 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
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
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