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Ronald Reagan Quotes - Page 43

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Where there's liberty, art succeeds.

Where there's liberty, art succeeds.

Art, Liberty, Succeed

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

Information is the oxygen of the modern age.

Oxygen, Age, Borders

I'm sure everyone feels sorry for the individual who has fallen by the wayside or who can't keep up in our competitive society, but my own compassion goes beyond that to those millions of unsung men and women, who get up every morning, send the kids to school, go to work, try to keep up the payments on their house, pay exorbitant taxes to make possible compassion for the less fortunate, and as a result have to sacrifice many of their own desires and dreams and hopes. Government owes them something better than always finding a new way to make them share the fruit of their toils with others.

Dream, Morning, Sorry

We speak with pride and admiration of that little band of Americans who overcame insuperable odds to set this nation on course 200 years ago. But our glory didn't end with them. Americans ever since have emulated their deeds.

Pride, Odds, Years

First State of the Union Address, delivered 26 January 1982

Facts are stupid things stubborn things, I should say.

Stupid, Stubborn, Facts

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

Well, my head's full of questions My temp'rature's risin' fast Well, I'm lookin' for some answers But I don't know who to ask

Answers, Wells, Knows

Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.

Struggle, Simple, Government

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

Without a vision the people perish.

People, Vision, Idealism

The same technology transforming our lives can solve the greatest problem of the 20th century. A security shield can one day render nuclear weapons obsolete and free mankind from the prison of nuclear terror. America met one historic challenge and went to the Moon. Now America must meet another: to make our strategic defense real for all the citizens of planet Earth.

Real, Moon, Technology

Reagan, Ronald (1988). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986”, p.129, Best Books on

Cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us? What could be more alien to the universal aspirations of our peoples than war and the threat of war?

War, Thinking, Differences

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

Well I've said it before and I'll say it again America's best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead.

America, Achievement, Moments

Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.246, Humanix Books

If a tax hike makes it to my desk, I'll veto it in less time than it takes Vanna White to turn the letters V-E-T-O!

White, Letters, Desks

Speech regarding planned Democratic tax hikes, as quoted in "WASHINGTON TALK; Eliot Ness to Vanna White", New York Times, www.nytimes.com. July 16, 1987.

If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.

Answers, Appeasement, Ifs

Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1970.

You will be competing against athletes from many nations. But, most important, you are competing against yourself. All we expect is for you to do your very best, to push yourself just one second faster, one notch higher, one inch further.

Athlete, Important, Olympics

Whether meeting with leaders and parents concerned about drugs in Bonn, Lisbon, or with the Holy Father at the Vatican, or doing a pretty fair flamenco in Madrid, I think Nancy's one of the best ambassadors America's ever had.

Father, Thinking, America

I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference. It was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

Differences, Style, Used

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

Our goals are the same as those of the U.N.'s founders, who sought to replace a world at war with one where the rule of law would prevail, where human rights were honored, where development would blossom, where conflict would give way to freedom from violence.

War, Rights, Law

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

Over hundred years ago Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. There was wide distribution of land and they didn't confiscate anyone's privately owned land... We need an industrial Homestead Act.

Wisdom, Years, Land

Could there be a better answer to the stupidity of Karl Marx than millions of workers individually sharing in the ownership of the means of production.

Wisdom, Mean, Stupidity

I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or corporation.

Wisdom, Children, Growing Up

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

Meanwhile, what about the workers in those state monopolies that are being put up for sale? I am reminded of a technique for employee ownership that has worked well for many U.S. companies. It goes by various names, but the best known is "Employee Stock Ownership Program," or ESOP.

Wisdom, Names, Technique

Our economic assistance must be carefully targeted, and must make maximum use of the energy and efforts of the private sector... Economic freedom is the world's mightiest engine for abundance and social justice... Developing countries need to be encouraged to experiment with a growing variety of arrangements for profit sharing and expanded capital ownership.

Country, Wisdom, Justice

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

Could there be anything resembling a free enterprise economy, if wealth and property were concentrated in the hands of a few, while the great majority owned little more than the shirts on their backs?

Wisdom, Hands, Majority

The people of Central America - and, in a broader sense, the entire developing world - need to know first-hand that freedom and opportunity are not just for the elite, but the birthright of every citizen; that property is not just something enjoyed by a few, but can be owned by any individual who works hard and makes correct decisions.

Hard Work, Opportunity, Hands

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

Elena, my four year old, says to me in all seriousness; "Mommy, you need to buy another baby".

Funny, Baby, Years

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

Quotes: 1096

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