Quotes by Ronald Reagan

About Ronald Reagan:

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician, commentator, and actor, who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as an actor and union leader in Hollywood.
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Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

Ronald Reagan

Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.

Ronald Reagan

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

Ronald Reagan

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

Ronald Reagan

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

Ronald Reagan

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

Ronald Reagan

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

Ronald Reagan

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

Ronald Reagan

People do not make wars; governments do.

Ronald Reagan

How can a president not be an actor?

Ronald Reagan

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

Ronald Reagan

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

Ronald Reagan

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

Ronald Reagan

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

Ronald Reagan

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

Ronald Reagan

Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook.

Ronald Reagan

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.

Ronald Reagan

The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

Ronald Reagan

You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.

Ronald Reagan

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. ... The Goliath of totalitarianism will be brought down by the David of the microchip.

Ronald Reagan

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Ronald Reagan

Author Bio

  • NameRonald Reagan
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
  • AliasesRonald Wilson Reagan
  • BornFebruary 6, 1911
  • DiedJune 5, 2004
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Politician; Writer; Autobiographer
  • AwardsHonorary Citizen Of Berlin; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Bath; Order Of The White Eagle; Order Of The White Lion; Presidential Medal Of Freedom