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Thinking Quotes by Ronald Reagan

40 Thinking quotes by Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan complains about wasteful government programs and high taxes that make people angry. He cautions that appeasing enemies is foolish and that shared threats can bring a nation together. His remarks mix frustration with a call for common purpose.

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Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime means longer suspended sentences.

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I don't think any of us should forget that the security of America is our highest responsibility.

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Well, I think there has to be some (gun) control.

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I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.

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I miss going to church, but I think the Lord understands.

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Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?"

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I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

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I think we should keep the grain and export the farmers.

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I sometimes think Adam and Eve were Russians. They didn't have a roof over their head, nothing to wear, but they had…

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We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we…

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I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to…

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People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover.

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If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should…

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In an atmosphere of liberty, artists and patrons are free to think the unthinkable and create the audacious; they are free to…

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We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.

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I sometimes think if someone appealed the Ten Commandments to some of our courts, they would rule - 'Thou shalt not, unless…

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You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then,…

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People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government…

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I would like to dissolve the $10 billion national Department of Education created by President Carter and turn schools back to the…

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I am told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are being held on this day; for that I am deeply grateful.…

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I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that…

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I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers...…

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I think, too, that we've got to recognize that where the preservation of a natural resource like the redwoods is concerned, that…

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Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide…

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f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer…

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I have been one who believes that abortion is the taking of a human life . . . . The fact that…

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We are not a warlike people. Nor is our history filled with tales of aggressive adventures and imperialism, which might come as…

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Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career…

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For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present.…

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Well, it [evolution] is a theory, it is a scientific theory only, and it has in recent years been challenged in the…

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Cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the…

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I can't believe that this world can go on beyond our generation and on down to succeeding generations with this kind of…

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I think people have a need to feel good about the country they live in, but what's happening, I think, is that…

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If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.

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I think maybe there could be some restrictions that there had to be a certain amount of training taken.

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Whether meeting with leaders and parents concerned about drugs in Bonn, Lisbon, or with the Holy Father at the Vatican, or doing…

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I think all of us are agreed that war is probably man's greatest stupidity and I think peace is the dream that…

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America was founded by people who believe that God was their rock of safety. I recognize we must be cautious in claiming…

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I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming…

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It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley…

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Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

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…

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…

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.

The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in…

Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be…

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,…

Where there's liberty, art succeeds.

Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.…

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…

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…

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.