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The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.
RONALD REAGAN, speech for National Association of Evangelicals, March 8, 1983
Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.
RONALD REAGAN, Sacramento Bee, Apr. 28, 1966
Governments have a tendency not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
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.
RONALD REAGAN, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
I used to say that politics was the second-oldest profession. I have come to know that it bears a gross similarity to the first.
Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.
RONALD REAGAN, speech at Moscow State University, May 31, 1988
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.
RONALD REAGAN, speech in support of Barry Goldwater, October 27, 1964
The one thing our Founding Fathers could not foresee -- they were farmers, professional men, businessmen giving of their time and effort to an idea that became a country -- was a nation governed by professional politicians who had an interest in getting re-elected. They probably envisioned a fellow serving a couple of hitches and then eagerly looking forward to getting back to the farm.
Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.
Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which enough men, it is hoped, will learn to want what is worth having.
I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.
RONALD REAGAN, New York Times, Sep. 22, 1980
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.
RONALD REAGAN, speech, Aug. 17, 1992
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.
RONALD REAGAN, interview, Mar. 22, 1986
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals -- if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
RONALD REAGAN, Reason Magazine, Jul. 1, 1975
Even Albert Einstein reportedly needed help on his 1040 form.
I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.
RONALD REAGAN, speech, Aug. 8, 1983
I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.
RONALD REAGAN, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.
RONALD REAGAN, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
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