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Ronald Reagan Quotes - Page 42

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Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.

Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.

Hero, Looks, Knows

First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

Funny, Dumb, Tables

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

Through the history of our nation, Americans have always extended their hands in gestures of assistance.

Hands, Gestures, Nations

I want to talk about political and economic fairy tales.

Political, Want, Fairy Tale

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

Country, Opportunity, Compassion

Reagan, Ronald (1988). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1985”, p.765, Best Books on

Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.

Science, House, Bird

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

Only our deep moral values and our strong social institutions can hold back that jungle and restrain the darker impulses of human nature.

Strong, Moral, Human Nature

Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.845, Best Books on

In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.

Heart, Understanding, Might

Ronald Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.263, Humanix Books

For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.

Long, People, Political

Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.1157, Best Books on

I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems. And I'm old enough to remember when quotas existed in the United States for the purpose of discrimination, and I don't want to see that happen again.

Thinking, Practice, Quota

Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.58, Best Books on

A drastic reduction in the deficit...will take place in the fiscal year '82.

Years, Economy, Reduction

As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it.

Gun, Long, Want

America's best days lie ahead. You ain't seen nothing yet.

Lying, America

Don't let anyone tell you that America's best days are behind her - that the American spirit has been vanquished. We've seen it triumph too often in our lives to stop believing in it now.

Believe, America, Triumph

First State of the Union Address, delivered 26 January 1982

As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will not surrender for it - now or ever.

Sacrifice, America, People

First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

Some may try to tell us that this is the end of an era. But what they overlook is that in America, every day is a new beginning. For this is the land that has never become, but is always in the act of becoming.

New Beginnings, Land, America

Ronald Reagan (1998). “A Shining City: The Legacy of Ronald Reagan”

I've always believed that we were, each of us, put here for a reason, that there is a plan, somehow a divine plan for all of us. I know now that whatever days are left to me belong to him.

God, Reason, Divine

Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has been doing its best to become an inconvenience.

Men, Institutions, Convenience

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

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.

Government, Might, Asks

Ronald Reagan (1989). “Speaking my mind: selected speeches”, Simon & Schuster

The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it.

Government, Dollars, Withdrawal

Nations do not distrust each other because they are armed. They are armed because they distrust each other.

Distrust, Foreign Policy, Policy

Moscow State University Address, delivered 31 May 1988, Moscow, Russia

You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off.

Actors, Pay, Good Actors

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

I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered that we were threatened by an outer -- a power from outer space, from another planet. Wouldn't we all of a sudden find that we didn't have any differences between us at all, we were all human beings, citizens of the world, and wouldn't we come together to fight that particular threat?

Fighting, Differences, Space

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

Human beings are not animals, and I do not want to see sex and sexual differences treated as casually and amorally as dogs and other beasts treat them. I believe this could happen under the ERA.

Dog, Sex, Believe

Are you better off than you were four years ago? One of my favorite quotes Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores ... Is there more or less unemployment?

Years, Presidential, Four

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

Quotes: 1096

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