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Ronald Reagan Quotes about Freedom

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If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

Freedom, President, Earth

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

Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.

Freedom, People, Presidential

Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.7, Humanix Books

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

Veterans Day, Freedom, Our Veterans

Labor Day Address at Liberty State Park, delivered 1 September 1980, Jersey City, New Jersey

The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.

Dream, Freedom, Men

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

You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order --or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path.

Dream, Freedom, Sacrifice

Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United States Constitution?" And the other one said, "That's easy. The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of gathering. The American Constitution guarantees freedom after speech and freedom after gathering."

Freedom, Two, Differences

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

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Freedom, Military, Moving

Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things. It is the continuing revolution of the marketplace. It is the understanding that allows us to recognize shortcomings and seek solutions. It is the right to put forth an idea, scoffed at by the experts, and watch it catch fire among the people. It is the right to follow your dream, or stick to your conscience even if you're the only one in a sea of doubters.

Dream, Freedom, Ideas

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

Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

Freedom, Government, Problem

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with all mankind. Our founding documents proclaim to the world that freedom is not the sole prerogative of a chosen few. It is the universal right of all God's children.

Freedom, Children, Independence

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

Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer.

Freedom, Government, World

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

Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights.

Freedom, War, Rights

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

I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.

Religious, Freedom, Believe

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

Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things.

Freedom, Way, Freedom Liberty

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

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Motivational, God, Freedom

Remarks at the Annual Convention of the the National Association of Evangelicals, delivered 8 March 1983, Orlando, Florida

In an ironic sense, Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order are conflicting directly with those of the political order. But the crisis is happening not in the . . . West, but in the home of Marxism-Leninism, the Soviet Union. It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.

Running, Freedom, Home

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

But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind - too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.

Freedom, Hatred, Liberty

Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate, delivered 12 June 1987, West Berlin

Law and freedom must be indivisible partners. For without law, there can be no freedom, only choas and disorder; and without freedom, law is but a cynical veneer for injustice and oppression.

Freedom, Law, Cynical

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

. . . I hope that when you're my age, you'll be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom, we lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.

Freedom, Apology, Age

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

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

Strength, Peace, Freedom

Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.183, 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

We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

Freedom, Blessed, Fighting

Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it.

Freedom, People, Liberty

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

When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.

Determination, Freedom, War

Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

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

Quotes: 1096

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