Quotes from Ronald Reagan

The man who puts into the marriage only half of what he owns will get that out.

I believe that George Washington knew the City of Man cannot survive without the City of God; that the Visible City will perish without the Invisible City.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives.

If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.

Our liberties, our values, all for which America stands is safe today because brave men and women have been ready to face the fire at freedom's front. And we thank God for them.

I pledged that as long as I am in a position to uphold the Constitution, no barrier would ever come between a secret ballot and the citizen's right to cast one... For this Nation to remain true to its principles, we cannot allow any American's vote to be denied, diluted, or defiled. The right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished.

The right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished.

Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and the source of its legitimacy.

. . . 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.

Hope remains the highest reality, the age-old power.

Where there's liberty, art succeeds.