Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won. — 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
I know all the bad things that happened in that war. I was in uniform four years myself. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Elena, my four year old, says to me in all seriousness; "Mommy, you need to buy another baby". — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
[Andrew Jackson] was actually 70 years old when he left the White House — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A drastic reduction in the deficit...will take place in the fiscal year '82. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night. Well that was probably true. They… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We have to realize that this country in its private sector has been fighting the most successful war on poverty the world… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I'm spending more time at this library in four days than I did at the Eureka College Library in four years. — 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
Are you better off than you were four years ago? One of my favorite quotes Is it easier for you to go… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Seventy-five years ago I was born in Tampico, Illinois, in a little flat above the bank building. We didn't have any other… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the… — 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
It ought to be remembered by all [that] the Games more than 2,000 years ago started as a means of bringing peace… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Those who advocate more and more government regulation have been experimenting for 40 years, trying to create an economic system in which… — 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.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I was 21 and looking for work in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression. And I can remember… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have flown twice over Mount St. Helens out on our West Coast. I'm not a scientist and I don't know the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
And let us never forget that in honoring our flag, we honor the American men and women who have courageously fought and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
One day, a pretty, fresh-faced young lady - intelligent and sincerely concerned - asked me if abortion wasn't preferable to making a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In my eighty years, I prefer to call that the forty-first anniversary of my thirty ninth birthday, I've seen what men can… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Israel exists; it has a right to exist in peace behind secure and defensible borders; and it has a right to demand… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people… — 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
Supporters of this fundamental change in immigration policy say we need to import more well-educated talent if we're to stay competitive. But… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The task that has fallen to us as Americans is to move the conscience of the world, to keep alive the hope… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in 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
Over hundred years ago Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. There was wide distribution of land and they didn't confiscate anyone's privately… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We don't need more politicians insisting we have deficits because you're not taxed enough. Those deficits ballooned from an economy that didn't… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I hope Americans will read and study the Bible in the coming year. It's my firm belief that the enduring values, as… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've always thought New Year's Day was an especially American tradition, full of the optimism and hope we're famous for in our… — 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