Ronald Reagan Quotes

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

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

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

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

It’s difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn’t available.

When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill. And when government does it for 40 years, the bill comes in two ways: higher taxes and inflation. Make no mistake about it, inflation is a tax and not by accident.

Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

Violence has been Nicaragua’s most important export to the world.

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

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

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

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.