Quotes from Ronald Reagan

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.

The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

We have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

MIRACLE OF LIFE   The miracle of life is given by One greater than ourselves, but once given, each life is ours to nurture and preserve, to foster, not only for today's world but for a better one to come. There is no purpose more noble than for us to sustain and celebrate life in a turbulent world, and that is what we must do now. The Quest for Peace, the Cause of Freedom, 2005

aren't lazy or unwilling to work: they just don't know how to free themselves from the welfare security blanket.

An America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough. The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and a vision. This is what has led us to dare and achieve. For us, values count. Speech, New York City, December 12, 1983

there is no limit to the amount of good that you can do so long as you do not care who gets the credit.

Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingness to sacrifice for them. Accepting Republican nomination, Detroit, July 17, 1980

We can't help everyone but everyone can help someone.

History is made by men and women of vision and courage. Tonight freedom is on the march.

There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.