3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn’t be here. It’d still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we’re in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we’ve got to do something about the unemployed.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan 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’.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan 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!
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan It’s difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn’t available.
3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan 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.
