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Ronald Reagan

49 quotes

Selected quotes · 49
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Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
Ronald ReaganSuccess
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When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
Ronald ReaganSelf-belief
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A people free to choose will always choose peace.
Ronald ReaganFreedom
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There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Ronald ReaganCourage
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Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Ronald ReaganCourage
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No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
Ronald ReaganCreativity
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Ronald ReaganFreedom
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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Ronald ReaganSelf-belief
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We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
Ronald ReaganFailure
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It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the problem.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Ronald ReaganFreedom
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Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Ronald ReaganCourage
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Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald ReaganFaith
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Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
Ronald ReaganCreativity
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Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.
Ronald ReaganGrowth
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All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
Ronald ReaganAction
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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganFreedom
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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
Ronald ReaganMindset
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Man is not free unless government is limited.
Ronald ReaganFreedom
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Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.
Ronald ReaganFaith
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Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Ronald ReaganLife
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Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald ReaganFaith
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The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Ronald ReaganFriendship
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Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Facts are stubborn things.
Ronald ReaganLife
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Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
Ronald ReaganAction
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Don't be afraid to see what you see.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Trust, but verify.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
45
As government expands liberty contracts.
Ronald ReaganFreedom
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Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary if the government takes it and spends it the way it wants to?.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
Ronald ReaganWisdom
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History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Ronald ReaganAction