Ronald Reagan

"We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone."

- Ronald Reagan

"Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit."

- Ronald Reagan

"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."

- Ronald Reagan

"Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories."

- Ronald Reagan

"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 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 Reagan

"We’re blessed with the opportunity to stand for something — for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to. And we have good reason to be hopeful and optimistic."

- Ronald Reagan

"When in management positions, one must learn to shift their focus from individual heroics to empowering others to achieve greatness. True leaders recognize their team’s potential and provide the support and guidance needed to unlock it."

- Ronald Reagan

"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 Reagan

"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world. A veteran does not have that problem."

- Ronald Reagan

"…And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice."

- Ronald Reagan

"The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we—in a less final, less heroic way–be willing to give of ourselves."

- Ronald Reagan

"Belonging to a family is a natural and vital component of life, and every child deserves to be a member of a loving and nurturing family."

- Ronald Reagan

"Wherever a beautiful soul has been, there is a trail of beautiful memories."

- Ronald Reagan

"We’re blessed with the opportunity to stand for something—for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to."

- Ronald Reagan

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table."

- Ronald Reagan

"Life is one grand, sweet song so start the music."

- Ronald Reagan

"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don’t have that problem."

- Ronald Reagan

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

- Ronald Reagan

"“We’re blessed with the opportunity to stand for something—for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.”"

- Ronald Reagan

"“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

"Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'"

- Ronald Reagan

"I've often said there is nothing better for a man's inside than the outside of the horse."

- Ronald Reagan

"I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."

- Ronald Reagan

"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave."

- Ronald Reagan

"Don't be afraid to see what you see."

- Ronald Reagan

"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."

- Ronald Reagan

"The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much."

- Ronald Reagan

"Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet."

- Ronald Reagan

"Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face."

- Ronald Reagan

"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

"You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."

- Ronald Reagan

"Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources."

- Ronald Reagan

"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself."

- Ronald Reagan

"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress."

- Ronald Reagan

"To sit back hoping that someday, some way, 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

"Facts are stubborn things."

- Ronald Reagan

"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

"Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours."

- Ronald Reagan

"A people free to choose will always choose peace."

- Ronald Reagan

"The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship."

- Ronald Reagan

"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 Reagan

"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away."

- Ronald Reagan

"How can a president not be an actor?"

- Ronald Reagan

"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes."

- Ronald Reagan

"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."

- Ronald Reagan

"Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong."

- Ronald Reagan

"Man is not free unless government is limited."

- Ronald Reagan

"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."

- Ronald Reagan

"There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right."

- Ronald Reagan

"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music."

- Ronald Reagan

"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."

- Ronald Reagan

"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'."

- Ronald Reagan

"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."

- Ronald Reagan

"Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man."

- Ronald Reagan

"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

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

- Ronald Reagan

"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15."

- Ronald Reagan

"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man."

- Ronald Reagan

"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat."

- Ronald Reagan

"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

"The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

- Ronald Reagan

"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

- Ronald Reagan

"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

- Ronald Reagan

"Trust, but verify."

- Ronald Reagan

"It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?"

- Ronald Reagan

"We are never defeated unless we give up on God."

- Ronald Reagan

"There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect."

- Ronald Reagan

"There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder."

- Ronald Reagan

"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

"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."

- Ronald Reagan

"Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure."

- Ronald Reagan

"We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."

- Ronald Reagan

"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 does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."

- Ronald Reagan

"No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."

- Ronald Reagan

"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."

- Ronald Reagan

"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 Reagan

"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."

- Ronald Reagan

"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders."

- Ronald Reagan

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

- Ronald Reagan

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

- Ronald Reagan

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."

- Ronald Reagan

"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born."

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

"As government expands, liberty contracts."

- Ronald Reagan

"Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas."

- Ronald Reagan

"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

"Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God."

- Ronald Reagan

"I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life."

- Ronald Reagan

"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer."

- Ronald Reagan

"If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

- Ronald Reagan

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We did not 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

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. They are the one that gets people to do the greatest things."

- Ronald Reagan

"I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."

- Ronald Reagan

"Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories"

- Ronald Reagan

"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem."

- Ronald Reagan

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one who gets the people to do the greatest things."

- Ronald Reagan

"“I've often said there is nothing better for a man's inside than the outside of the horse.”"

- Ronald Reagan

"The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities - which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means."

- Ronald Reagan

"We must always deal from strength and insist on verification of every agreement. In my meetings with the General Secretary I repeated several times a Russian proverb: ‘Doveryai no proveryai’—'Trust but verify.’"

- Ronald Reagan

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets people to do the greatest things."

- Ronald Reagan

"When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe them."

- Ronald Reagan

"The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan."

- Ronald Reagan

"The taxpayer—that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."

- Ronald Reagan

"I’ve often said there is nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."

- Ronald Reagan

""We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.""

- Ronald Reagan

"There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps."

- Ronald Reagan

"The Marines don’t have that problem. They are a problem-solving organization."

- Ronald Reagan

"Democracy is not a fragile flower; still it needs cultivating."

- Ronald Reagan

"Peace is more than just the absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom. And true peace dictates the recognition of human rights."

- Ronald Reagan

"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

- Ronald Reagan

"When we honor our flag we honor what we stand for as a Nation — freedom, equality, justice, and hope."

- Ronald Reagan

"When we honor our flag, we honor what we stand for as a nation—freedom, equality, justice, and hope."

- Ronald Reagan

"Working together, we will."

- Ronald Reagan