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Ronald Reagan Quotes - Page 19

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We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history

We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.

Stars, Military, War

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

America is a melting pot, and education has been a mainspring for our democracy and freedom, a means of providing gifts of knowledge and opportunity to all citizens, no matter how humble their background, so they could climb higher, help build the American dream, and leave a better life for those who follow.

Dream, Mean, Humble

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

One day, a pretty, fresh-faced young lady - intelligent and sincerely concerned - asked me if abortion wasn't preferable to making a young, unmarried girl have a baby she didn't want and which would, therefore, grow up unloved and probably turn out to be a criminal. I gave an answer which apparently she hadn't considered. I told her there were literally millions of people in this country who wanted but could not have children and who waited eagerly, sometimes for years, to adopt the baby she had described.

Girl, Country, Baby

Source: www.npr.org

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.

Education, Mean, Exercise

We who live in free market societies believe that growth and prosperity, and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.

Believe, Government, People

"A MAN TRUE TO HIS WORD".

I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers... Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them for ourselves.

Father, Believe, Thinking

Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

Funny, Running, Government

Ronald Reagan, Bill Adler (1981). “The Reagan wit”, Jameson Books

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.

Christmas, Teacher, School

Ronald Reagan, Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Graebner Anderson, Martin Anderson (2001). “Reagan, in His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America”, p.511, Simon and Schuster

And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

Strong, Home, Patriotic

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

You are worried about what man has done and is doing to this magical planet that God gave us. And I share your concern. What is a conservative after all but one who conserves, one who is committed to protecting and holding close the things by which we live...And we want to protect and conserve the land on which we live - our countryside, our rivers and mountains, our plains and meadows and forests. This is our patrimony. This is what we leave to our children. And our great moral responsibility is to leave it to them either as we found it or better than we found it.

Children, Responsibility, Men

I won't hold my opponent's youth and inexperience against him.

Inexperience, Opponents, Youth

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for those inalienable rights that make for human dignity and progress. America must remain freedom's staunchest friend, for freedom is our best ally and it is the world's only hope to conquer poverty and preserve peace. Every blow we inflict against poverty will be a blow against its dark allies of oppression and war. Every victory for human freedom will be a victory for world peace.

Determination, War, Dark

Second Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 1985, Rotunda of the Capitol, Washington D.C.

An America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and a vision. This is what has led us to dare and achieve. For us, values count.

Strong, America, Religion

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to stand firm against those who would destroy the freedoms we cherish. We are determined to achieve an enduring peace - a peace with liberty and with honor. This determination, this resolve, is the highest tribute we can pay to the many who have fallen in the service of our Nation.

Memorial Day, Determination, Community

Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.384, Best Books on

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Wall, Memorable, Europe

Remarks at Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany, 12 June 1987

More than any gift or toy, ornament of tree, let us resolve that this Christmas shall be, like that first Christmas, a celebration of interior treasures.

Tree, Firsts, Toys

Reagan, Ronald (1986). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1984”, p.1900, Best Books on

Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.

Dream, Opportunity, Doubt

Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.250, Humanix Books

Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.

Freedom, Taken, Choices

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

Freedom is indivisible - there is no "s" on the end of it. You can erode freedom, diminish it, but you cannot divide it and choose to keep "some freedoms" while giving up others.

Giving Up, Freedom, Liberty

Ronald Reagan (1993). “Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, Greenwood Publishing Group

If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all.

Fun, Silly, Tree

"The Reagan wit".

I believe we must resolve the problem at our southern border with full regard to the problems and needs of Mexico. I have suggested legalizing the entry of Mexican labor into this country on much the same basis you proposed, although I have not put it into the sense of restoring the bracero program.

Country, Believe, Southern

Kiron K. Skinner, Ronald Reagan, Annelise Anderson, Martin Anderson (2004). “Reagan: A Life In Letters”, p.511, Simon and Schuster

For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ.

Scary, Battle, Firsts

Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American.

America, World, Corners

Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories.

Beautiful, Memories, Soul

Well, it [evolution] is a theory, it is a scientific theory only, and it has in recent years been challenged in the world of science and is not yet believed in the scientific community to be as infallible as it once was believed. But if it was going to be taught in the schools, then I think that also the biblical theory of creation, which is not a theory but the biblical story of creation, should also be taught.

School, Science, Biblical

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

Quotes: 1096

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