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Reagan: Ronald Reagan Quotes

  • Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
  • The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’
  • Man is not free unless government is limited.
  • Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
  • 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.
  • I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.
  • History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
  • Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.
  • It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
  • If we ever forget that we are one Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
  • We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
  • All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
  • We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
  • There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
  • Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.
  • 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, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
  • I don’t believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
  • Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
  • Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
  • The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.