Timeless Inspiration: A Powerful Collection of Ronald Reagan Quotes

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

- 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

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

- 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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

"Trust, but verify."

- 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

"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

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

- 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

"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

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

- 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

"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

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

- 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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

"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."

- President 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

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

- 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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

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

- 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

"As government expands, liberty contracts."

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

"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

"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

"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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

"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

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

- 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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

"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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan

"How can a president not be an actor?"

- Ronald Reagan

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

- 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

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

- 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