The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
Ronald Reagan Quotations
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I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.
The taxpayer -- that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.
People don't start wars, governments do.
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.
Even Albert Einstein reportedly needed help on his 1040 form.
Facts are stupid things.
I was alarmed at my doctor's report He said I was sound as a dollar.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.
To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will.
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
I will veto again and again until spending is brought under control.
The thought of being president frightens me. I do not think I want the job.
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
It's difficult to see that people are starving in this country because food isn't available.(1986)
Qaddafi counted on America to be passive. He counted wrong.
I do not feel betrayed. ... He has a fine record. He is a national hero. (On Oliver L North's work)
America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance is up. Audiences for religious books and broadcasts are growing. And I do believe that he has begun to heal our blessed land.
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.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
Democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating.
I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there?s purpose and worth to each and every life.
The distance between the present system and our proposal is like comparing the distance between a Model T and the space shuttle.
Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
I've often wondered how some people in positions of this kind ... manage without having had any acting experience.
There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around.
Some say it will bring war to the heavens, but its purpose is to deter war, in the heavens and on earth.
If I had as much make-up on as he did, I'd have looked younger, too.
The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
You can accomplish much if you don't care who gets the credit.
Tonight we are launching an effort which holds the promise of changing the course of human history.
While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.
I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.
I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would.
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. (Quoting Churchill)
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
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.
You know, it was only a generation ago that actors couldn't be buried in the churchyard.
Today we have done what we had to do. If necessary, we shall do it again.
Where would this country be without this great land of ours?
This administration is totally colorblind.
I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers. Go ahead-make my day.
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.