Quotes By 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.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

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

A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

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

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

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

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

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.

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

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

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!

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.

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

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.

Trust, but verify.

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.

Facts are stubborn things.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

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

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.