The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
But I also happen to be someone who believes in tithing--the giving of a tenth . — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Could there be anything but widespread misery, where a privileged few controlled a nation's wealth, while millions labored for a pittance, and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When the Commander-in-Chief of a nation finds it necessary to order employees of the government or agencies of the government to do… — 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
History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a… — 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
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 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
They've done away with those committees. That shows the success of what the Soviets were able to do in this country. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war than the people have been told. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. — 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
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
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 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
No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it. — 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
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
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
