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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I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?

Ronald Reagan

If politics were a musical, it would be "Promises, Promises".

Ronald Reagan

Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?

Ronald Reagan

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

Ronald Reagan

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Ronald Reagan

America is too great for small dreams.

Ronald Reagan

They preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the Earth. They are the focus of evil in the modern world.... So, in your discussions of the nuclear freeze prop...

Ronald Reagan

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.

Ronald Reagan

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

Ronald Reagan

I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.

Ronald Reagan

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

Ronald Reagan

Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.

Ronald Reagan

A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will b...

Ronald Reagan

More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of unborn children. Abortion on demand now takes the lives of up to 1.5 million unborn children a year. Human life legislati...

Ronald Reagan

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Ronald Reagan

I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.

Ronald Reagan

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

Ronald Reagan

Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream.

Ronald Reagan

We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won

Ronald Reagan

I know this issue is very controversial. But unless and until it can be proven that an unborn child is not a human being, can we justify assuming without proof that it isn’t? No one has yet offered such proof; indeed, all the evidence is to the con...

Ronald Reagan

Trees, how many of 'em do we need to look at?

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