Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For the eight years I was president I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back.” — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Tyranny, like fog in the well known poem, often creeps in silently 'on little cat feet.' — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In an atmosphere of liberty, artists and patrons are free to think the unthinkable and create the audacious; they are free to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It would seem that not only is religion lacking in the schools - so is common sense. I wonder what a teacher… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
During my first press conference as president, in answer to a direct question, I pointed out that, as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet… — 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
I heard one presidential candidate say that what this country needed was a president for the nineties. I was set to run… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson once said. He said , "We should never judge a President by his age, only by his works." And ever… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Some months before I declared, I asked for a meeting and crossed the border to meet with the president of Mexico. I… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In closing, let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the great honor of allowing me to serve as your… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I would like to dissolve the $10 billion national Department of Education created by President Carter and turn schools back to the… — 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
Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and character of… — 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
We have not inherited an easy world. If developments like the Industrial revolution, which began in England, and the gifts of science… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom… — 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
Someone asked me whether I was aware of all the people out there who were praying for the President. And I had… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So,… — 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