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Ronald Reagan Quotes - Page 37

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I like photographers - you don't ask questions. (To a gathering of the White House News Photographers Association)

I like photographers - you don't ask questions. (To a gathering of the White House News Photographers Association)

White, House, Gathering

It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!

Drunk, Sailor, Congress

If you owe the bank $10,000 you have a problem. If you owe the bank $10,000,000 they have a problem. After all is said and done, more is said than done. Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Government, Doe, Done

There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.

Senior, Would Be, Citizens

Presidential debate, October 28, 1980.

The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it.

Century, Mankind

Ronald Reagan (2004). “The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.117, NewsMax Media, Inc.

We should never fear to negotiate, nor negotiate from fear.

Should, Never Fear

I hope Americans will read and study the Bible in the coming year. It's my firm belief that the enduring values, as I say, presented in its pages have a great meaning for each of us and for our nation.

Years, Pages, Belief

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 don't want to do a TV series. It's no fun working from dawn to sunset every day. An occasional movie would be fine, and then I'll see what might develop on the political front.

Fun, Sunset, Political

Most of my dreams came true.

Dream, Dreams Came True

I have decided that whatever time I may have left is left for Him.

May, Left, Decided

I have seen the rise and fall of Nazi tyranny, the subsequent cold war and the nuclear nightmare that for fifty years haunted the dreams of children everywhere. During that time my generation defeated totalitarianism. As a result, your world is poised for better tomorrows. What will you do on your journey?

Dream, Children, War

I think people have a need to feel good about the country they live in, but what's happening, I think, is that that need - which is a good thing - is getting manipulated and exploited.

Country, Thinking, People

I sometimes think if someone appealed the Ten Commandments to some of our courts, they would rule - 'Thou shalt not, unless you feel strongly to the contrary'.

Thinking, Sometimes, Court

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

...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services taxpayers expect from government.

Government, Income, Gone

The founders of the United Nations expected that member nations would behave and vote as individuals after they had weighed the merits of an issue - rather like a great, global town meeting. The emergence of blocks and the polarization of the United Nations undermine all that this organization initially valued.

Block, Organization, Issues

Ronald Reagan (1983). “Renewing the U.S. commitment to peace: September 26, 1983”

What has happened to the dreams of the United Nations' founders? What has happened to the spirit which created the United Nations? The answer is clear: Governments got in the way of the dreams of the people.

Dream, Government, People

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

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

Israel, Egypt, Politics

Observer, February 27, 1983.

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

America, Drug, Abuse

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

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

Important, Nicaragua, World

Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.162, Humanix Books

It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.

Funny, Christmas, Country

Ronald Reagan (1968). “I goofed: the wise and curious sayings of Ronald Reagan, 33rd Governor of California”

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.

Taken, World, Politics

First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

What would this country be without this great land of ours.

Country, Land

These young Americans sent a message to terrorists everywhere. . . . You can run but you can't hide.

Running, Messages, Young

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1988). “Ronald Reagan”

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

Spiritual, Peace, Military

Address to British Parliament, delivered 8 June 1982, Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster, London

Please tell me you're Republicans.

Republican, Politician, Please

Quoted in Wash. Post, 31 Mar. 1981

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

Quotes: 1096

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