Ronald Wilson Reagan Quotes

He had retired from the Senate, one of the best-liked and respected men in the country, and was practicing law and preparing to run for the Republican nomination for president in 1988. A call came asking him to come to the White House. He was walking toward the Oval Office when he saw the president, Ronald Reagan , standing alone in the darkened hallway. Howard, ... I need you ...

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Trust, but verify.

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Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, but not inflationary if the government takes it and spends it the way it wants to

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We think there is a parallel between the Federal involvement in education and the decline in quality over recent years.

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The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

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I made a speech by that title A Time for Choosing in 1964. I said, We've been told increasingly that we must choose between left or right. But we're still using those terms -- left or right. And I'll repeat what I said then in '64. There is no left or right. There's only an up or down up to the ultimate in individual freedom, consistent with an orderly society -- or down to the totalitarianism of the ant heap. And those today who, however good their intentions, tell us that we should trade freedom for security are on that downward path.

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

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

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There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

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I believe that communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages even now are being written. I believe this because the source of our strength in the quest for human freedom is not material, but spiritual. And because it knows no limitation, it must terrify and ultimately triumph over those who would enslave their fellow men.

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Our Constitution is to be celebrated not for being old, but for being young.

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The history of our civilization, the great advances that made it possible, is not a story of cynics or doom criers. It is a gallant chronicle of the optimists, the determined people, men and women, who dreamed great dreams and dared to try whatever it took to make them come true.

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Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

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Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

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

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Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking and now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.

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Now you hear a lot of jokes about Silent Cal Coolidge, ... but I think that the joke is on the people that make jokes because if you look at his record, he cut the taxes four times. We had probably the greatest growth and prosperity that we've ever known. And I have taken heed of that because if he did nothing, maybe that's the answer for the Federal Government.

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But there advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

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the Berlin Wall came down, the Evil Empire collapsed, and the cause of liberty prevailed in the world.

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

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

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Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.

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Approximately 80 of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so lets not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

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If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all.

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

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