Ronald Reagan Quotes

Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

By Ronald Reagan

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

By Ronald Reagan

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

By Ronald Reagan

As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. The only person who's going to be penalized and have difficulty is the law-abiding citizen, who then cannot have it if he wants protection-the protection of a weapon in his home, for home protection.

By Ronald Reagan

As government expands, liberty contracts

By Ronald Reagan

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.

By Ronald Reagan

Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would.

By Ronald Reagan

America's view of apartheid is simple and straightforward We believe it is wrong. We condemn it. And we are united in hoping for the day when apartheid will be no more.

By Ronald Reagan

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

By Ronald Reagan

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

By Ronald Reagan

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.

By Ronald Reagan

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

By Ronald Reagan

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

By Ronald Reagan

A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane, and smells like Cheetah

By Ronald Reagan

[The most effective president, he told Forbes magazine 11 months ago, was Harry Truman, because] everybody who worked for him worshiped him because he was absolutely trustworthy. ... His great strength was not charisma, as is commonly thought, but his awareness and acceptance of exactly what he could do and what he could not do.

By Ronald Reagan

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

By Ronald Reagan

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

By Ronald Reagan

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.

By Ronald Reagan

I hope you're all Republicans.

By Ronald Reagan

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

By Ronald Reagan

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

By Ronald Reagan

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

By Ronald Reagan

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

By Ronald Reagan

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

By Ronald Reagan

Being free and prosperous in a world at peace. That's our ultimate goal.

By Ronald Reagan

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

By Ronald Reagan

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

By Ronald Reagan

We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.

By Ronald Reagan

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

By Ronald Reagan

Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.

By Ronald Reagan