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Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. Before entering politics, he had a successful career as a Hollywood actor. Reagan's optimistic vision, communication skills, and conservative policies — particularly on taxes and the Cold War — reshaped American politics for a generation.

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

— Ronald Reagan

Government

All Quotes by Ronald Reagan

“Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.”

— Ronald Reagan

God

“Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.”

— Ronald Reagan

Age

“While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.”

— Ronald Reagan

Future

“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”

— Ronald Reagan

Men

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

— Ronald Reagan

Great

“We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.”

— Ronald Reagan

Home

“Man is not free unless government is limited.”

— Ronald Reagan

Government

“We are never defeated unless we give up on God.”

— Ronald Reagan

Faith

“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.”

— Ronald Reagan

Courage

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

— Ronald Reagan

Inspirational

“I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.”

— Ronald Reagan

Money

“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.”

— Ronald Reagan

Great

“No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!”

— Ronald Reagan

Government

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”

— Ronald Reagan

Peace

“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”

— Ronald Reagan

Government

“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.”

— Ronald Reagan

Age

“Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.”

— Ronald Reagan

Life

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”

— Ronald Reagan

Government

“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

— Ronald Reagan

Politics

“It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.”

— Ronald Reagan

Good