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Ronald Reagan Quotes - Page 13

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I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.

I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.

Funny, Issues, Political

Ronald Reagan (2004). “The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words”

Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly.

Government, Games, Hell

To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. This is our purpose in the world, nothing more and nothing less.

War, America, Abiding

Politics is, for me, forgive and -as you may have heard- sometimes forget.

Forgiving, May, Sometimes

The United States remains the last best hope for a mankind plagued by tyranny and deprivation. America is no stronger than its people -- and that means you and me. Well, I believe in you, and I believe that if we work together, then one day we will say, "We fought the good fight. We finished the race. We kept the faith." And to our children and our children's children, we can say, "We did all what could be done in the brief time that was given us here on earth.".

Inspirational, Children, Believe

We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.

Country, People, Principles

When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people.

People, President, United States

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1991). “Ronald Reagan”

Our opponents see an America in which every day is April 15, tax day. Well, we see an America in which every day is the Fourth of July.

July, America, Opponents

When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, their isn't a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.

Children, Pregnancy, Miscarriage

The very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.

Heart, Soul, Libertarian

Reason magazine, July 1, 1975.

This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear it asunder, for no man knows, once it is destroyed, where or when he will find its protective warmth again.

Men, Democracy, Tears

We've been a free people living under the law, with faith in our Maker and in our future. I've said before that the most sublime picture in American history is of George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. That image personifies a people who know that it's not enough to depend on our own courage and goodness; we must also seek help from God, our Father and Preserver.

Father, Law, People

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

Politics

Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.

Government, People, Wealth

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.

Government, Doe, Function

A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government tyranny. . . But now we're told our children have no right to pray in school. Nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far toward intolerance against genuine religious freedom. It is time to redress the balance.

Religious, Children, School

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

Military, War, Forgotten

Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and his working methods, determine his employment. From here it's a short step to all the rest of socialism, to determining his pay....He will wait for the government to tell him where he will go to work and what he will do.

Men, Waiting, Pay

Radio Address on Socialized Medicine, recorded circa 1961

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

School, Patriotic, History

Ronald Reagan (2004). “The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words”

History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government.... When it reaches 25 percent, there comes an increase in lawlessness.

Funny, Government, People

Ronald Reagan, Mark J. Green, Gail MacColl (1983). “There he goes again: Ronald Reagan's reign of error”, Pantheon

There is a fundamental difference between separation of church and state and denying the spiritual heritage of this country. Inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. are Jefferson's words, 'The God Who gave us life gave us liberty -- can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?'

Country, Spiritual, Differences

Freedom-loving people around the world must say . . . I am a refugee in a crowded boat foundering off the coast of Vietnam. I am Laotian, a Cambodian, a Cuban, and a Miskito Indian in Nicaragua. I, too, am a potential victim of totalitarianism.

People, Nicaragua, Vietnam

Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.265, Simon and Schuster

When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.'

Mother, Brother, Father

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1991). “Ronald Reagan”

The current tax code is a daily mugging.

Political, National Debt, Currents

You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between left or right. Well, I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There's only an up or down.

Wells, Left

A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

Born: February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004
Occupation: 40th U.S. President

Quotes: 1096

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