We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of the entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only… — 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
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and… — 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
With freedom comes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You know, it was only a generation ago that actors couldn't be buried in the churchyard. — 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
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Dreams became issues of East versus West. Hopes became political rhetoric. Progress became a search for power and domination. Somewhere the truth… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children;… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an ever-increasing degree interferes with the people's right… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I just wanted to speak to you about something from the Internal Revenue Code. It is the last sentence of section 509A… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.' — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it. — 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
The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession... and I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Could there be a better answer to the stupidity of Karl Marx than millions of workers individually sharing in the ownership of… — 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'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The torch of liberty is hot; warms those who hold it high; burns those who try to extinguish it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the problem. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“all of us need to be reminded that the federal government did not create the states, the states created the federal government. . .” — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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
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
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
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
