Quotes from Ronald Reagan

If I could be elected president, I wanted to do what I could to bring about a spiritual revival in America.

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

America was founded by people who believe that God was their rock of safety.

IF I'D GOTTEN THE JOB I WANTED at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois. I've often wondered at how lives are shaped by what seem like small and inconsequential events, how an apparently random turn in the road can lead you a long way from where you intended to go—and a long way from wherever you expected to go.

Families stand at the center of our society. And every family has a personal stake in promoting excellence in education.

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

Among the things he passed on to me were the belief that all men and women, regardless of their color or religion, are created equal and that individuals determine their own destiny; that is, it's largely their own ambition and hard work that determine their fate in life.

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

Many countries of the world, I said, had constitutions, but in almost every case they were documents in which governments told their people what they could do. The United States had a constitution, I said, that was different from all the others because in it the people tell their government what it can do. Its three most important words are "We the people," its most important principle, freedom.

Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories...

I believe now, as I alway have, that America's strength is in 'We the People.'

We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.