One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“As I have often said, governments don’t produce economic growth, people do.” — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I oppose registration for the draft... because I believe the security of freedom can best be achieved by security through freedom. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Growing and decaying vegetation in this land are responsible for 93 percent of the oxides of nitrogen. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The U.S. Geological Survey has told me that the proven potential for oil… — 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… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Has anyone stopped to consider that we might come closer to balancing the budget if all of us simply tried to live… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Until now has there ever been a time in which so many of the prophecies are coming together? There have been times… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words:… — 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
The one thing our Founding Fathers could not foresee - they were farmers, professional men, businessmen giving of their time and effort… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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
The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West… — 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
Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction. We don't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. We have to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service. — 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
