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Ronald Reagan Quotes - Page 24

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Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving, Character, Celebration

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

Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a new beginning... Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives, and let us resolve to face the challenges of the new year holding that conviction firmly in our hearts. That, after all, is our greatest strength and our greatest gift as Americans.

New Year, New Beginnings, Heart

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

From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.

Mother, Dream, Prayer

Ronald Reagan (2011). “An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind.

Mirrors, Government, Views

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long.

Government, Talking, Long

Ronald Reagan (1975). “The quotable Ronald Reagan: the common sense and straight talk of former California Governor, Ronald Reagan”

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.

New Year, Peace, Moving

Ronald Reagan (1985). “The Geneva summit: a fresh start”

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

Wall, Humor, Oxygen

The Guardian, June 14, 1989.

We do not deny any nation's legitimate interest in security. But protecting the security of one nation by robbing another of its national independence and national traditions is not legitimate. In the long run, it is not even secure.

Running, Long, Independence

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

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

Spirit, Aspiration, Humans

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

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

Country, Peace, Mean

Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.153, Humanix Books

I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.

Political, Taxation, Economics

Remarks to American Business Conference, Washington, D.C., 13 Mar. 1985 See Film Lines 164

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Veterans Day, Money, Peace

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual. This same sense of man patterned the convictions of those who framed the English system of law inherited by our own Nation, as well as the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Bible, God, Religious

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

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

Opportunity, Presidential, Generations

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.

Father, Teaching, Rights

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

I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.

Believe, Fate, Twists

Ronald Reagan (2011). “An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship.

Mother, Father, Character

Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.445, Best Books on

Don't give up on your ideals. Don't compromise. Don't turn to expediency. And for heaven's sake . . . don't get cynical.

Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Cynical

We will never recognize the true value of our own lives until we affirm the value in the life of others.

Life, Lives Of Others, True Value

"Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation". Book by Ronald Reagan, 1983.

The First Continental Congress made its first act a prayer, the beginning of a great tradition. We have then a lesson from the founders of our land. That lesson is clear: That in the winning of freedom and in the living of life, the first step is prayer.

Prayer, Winning, Land

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1990). “Ronald Reagan”

The Bible can touch our hearts, order our minds, refresh our souls.

Heart, Order, Soul

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

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

Freedom, Hands, World

We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our government has no power except that granted to it by the people It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.

Government, People, Growth

First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.

Past, Two, People

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

Without God, democracy cannot and will not long endure.

Long, Democracy, Endure

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

Quotes: 1096

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