Ronald Reagan

Quote: 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]

Quote: All great change in America begins at the dinner table. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Facts are stupid things. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: 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. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: 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]

Quote: The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: 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]

Quote: History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: 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]

Quote: Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: 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]

Quote: Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose -- somehow we win out [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. [Ronald Reagan]

Quote: If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen. [Ronald Reagan]

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