People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have been one who believes that abortion is the taking of a human life . . . . The fact that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I am told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are being held on this day; for that I am deeply grateful.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley… — 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
Well, it [evolution] is a theory, it is a scientific theory only, and it has in recent years been challenged in the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We are not a warlike people. Nor is our history filled with tales of aggressive adventures and imperialism, which might come as… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I sometimes think if someone appealed the Ten Commandments to some of our courts, they would rule - 'Thou shalt not, unless… — 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
I think, too, that we've got to recognize that where the preservation of a natural resource like the redwoods is concerned, that… — 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 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
I don't think any of us should forget that the security of America is our highest responsibility. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think all of us are agreed that war is probably man's greatest stupidity and I think peace is the dream that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Whether meeting with leaders and parents concerned about drugs in Bonn, Lisbon, or with the Holy Father at the Vatican, or doing… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers...… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think people have a need to feel good about the country they live in, but what's happening, I think, is that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime means longer suspended sentences. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I can't believe that this world can go on beyond our generation and on down to succeeding generations with this kind of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the… — 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 and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I sometimes think Adam and Eve were Russians. They didn't have a roof over their head, nothing to wear, but they had… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America was founded by people who believe that God was their rock of safety. I recognize we must be cautious in claiming… — 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