"Here's
my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose."
- Ronald Reagan
"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."
- Ronald Reagan
"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
"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
"The trouble
with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant:
It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
- Ronald Reagan
"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none
came about because the U.S. was too strong."
- Ronald Reagan
"I have wondered at times about what the
Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the
U.S. Congress."
- Ronald Reagan
"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."
- Ronald Reagan
"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government
but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
- Ronald Reagan
"If we ever forget that we're one nation
under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
- Ronald Reagan
"The
most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government
and I'm here to help."
- Ronald Reagan
"The nearest thing to eternal life
we will ever see on this earth is a government program."
- Ronald Reagan
"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about
anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in
the middle of a Cabinet meeting."
- Ronald Reagan
"Politics
is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many
rewards; if you disgrace yourself you can always
write a book."
- Ronald Reagan