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Quotes by Ronald Reagan

40th president of US (1911 - 2004)

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You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

CP Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Well, I would - if they realized that we - again if - if we led them back to that stalemate only because that our retaliatory power, our seconds, or strike at them after our first strike, would be so destructive that they couldn't afford it, that would hold them off.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.

Where would this country be without this great land of ours?

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

People don't start wars, governments do.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will.

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for 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 and the ideals to which we are dedicated.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

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.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

The 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.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

America represents something universal in the human spirit. I received a letter not long ago from a man who said, 'You can go to Japan to live, but you cannot become Japanese. You can go to France to live and not become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey, and you won't become a German or a Turk.' But then he added, 'Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American.'

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

I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.

It's surprising what you can accomplish when no one is concerned about who gets the credit.

If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again.

Some people go their whole life wondering if they ever made a difference. Marines don’t have that problem.

No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.