Quotes By Ronald Reagan

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.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

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!

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.

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

Facts are stubborn things.

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

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.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

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.

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

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.

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

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