Selected Quotes By Ronald Reagan
"If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth."
Ronald Reagan, Freedom
"Life is one grand sweet song so start the music."
Ronald Reagan, Life, Music
"A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah."
Ronald Reagan, Society
"Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way."
Ronald Reagan, Management
"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 Reagan, Government
"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
Ronald Reagan, Kindness
"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."
Ronald Reagan, Management
"Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"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."
Ronald Reagan, Freedom, Courage
"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress."
Ronald Reagan, Belief, Government
"Don't be afraid to see what you see."
Ronald Reagan, Courage
"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will."
Ronald Reagan, Life
"The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"America is too great for small dreams."
Ronald Reagan, Goals
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat."
Ronald Reagan, Goals
"Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment."
Ronald Reagan, Government, Freedom
"Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream."
Ronald Reagan, Society
"The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave."
Ronald Reagan, Courage
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free."
Ronald Reagan, Freedom
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"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 Reagan, Government
"I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?"
Ronald Reagan, Work
"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer."
Ronald Reagan, Courage
"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.."
Ronald Reagan, Society
"A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."
Ronald Reagan, Society
"How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin."
Ronald Reagan, Intelligence/Wisdom
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Ronald Reagan, Government
"I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts."
Ronald Reagan, Government, Freedom
"There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."
Ronald Reagan, Kindness
"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things."
Ronald Reagan, Management
"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, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Ronald Reagan, Freedom
"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born."
Ronald Reagan, Belief
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."