Ronald Reagan Famous Quotes!

President Ronald Reagan

President Reagan's best known quotes

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”
“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.”
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”
“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.”
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”
“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”
“It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”
“How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”
“Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.”
“Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.”
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
“You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, ‘There is a price we will not pay.’ There is a point beyond which they must not advance.”
“If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.”
“I know that for America, there will always be a bright dawn ahead
“I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.”