Quotes By 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.

We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

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

People do not make wars; governments do.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

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.

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

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

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.

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

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

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

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

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!

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

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

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

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?

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.