The American people aren't overtaxed. The government in Washington is overfed. The main difference between ourselves and the other side is: we… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. — 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
Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will… — 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
Could there be anything resembling a free enterprise economy, if wealth and property were concentrated in the hands of a few, while… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that… — 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
In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America's view of apartheid is simple and straightforward: We believe it is wrong. We condemn it. And we are united in hoping… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border. — 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
Some years ago a top Ford official was showing the late Walter Reuther through the very automates plant in Cleveland, Ohio and… — 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
With freedom goes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual himself. — 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
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's… — 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
To say Congress is spending like drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Even now I wonder what I might have accomplished if I'd studied harder — 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
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