Ronald Reagan the President, biography, facts and quotes

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first"

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

"Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known"

"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty"

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

"No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting"

"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat"

"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"

"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other"

"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets"

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

"Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying"

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

"Facts are stubborn things"

"Trust, but verify"

"Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure"

"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress"

"We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent"

"I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'"

"We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas"

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

"We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country"

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

"We are never defeated unless we give up on God"

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

"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"

"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!"

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

"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes"

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

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

"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'"

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

"Man is not free unless government is limited"

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

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

"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"

"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under"

"You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed"

"You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans"

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

"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future"

"The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job"

"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts"

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

"Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong"

"To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will"

"To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy"

"What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice"

"Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence"

Occup.	President
From	USA
Born	February 6, 1911
Died	June 5, 2004
Aged	93 years

Ronald Reagan Biography

94 Famous quotes by Ronald Reagan