Inspiring Quotes by Ronald Reagan - Page 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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'"

"Man is not free unless government is limited"

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

"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"

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

"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"

"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"

"Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world"

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

"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"

"It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available"

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book"

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

"Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years"

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

"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer"

"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them"

"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"

"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders"

"I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete"

"Don't be afraid to see what you see"

"Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States"

"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"

"A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?"

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

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

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

"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk"

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