Ronald Reagan

My fellow Americans, I must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in Central America that threatens the security of the United States. This danger will not go away it will grow worse, much worse, if we fail to take action now.

Ronald Reagan

My golf-loving friend Bob Hope asked me what my handicap was, so I told him – the Congress.

Ronald Reagan

My mother told me that everything in life happened for a purpose. She said all things were part of God’s plan, even the most disheartening setbacks, and in the end, everything worked out for the best.

Ronald Reagan

My philosophy and my belief was that there was a long way for us to go in improving what we had ever known before, that this country of ours was a country of constant improvement. And so I thought that, well, what my whole approach was based on the promise of a better America.

Ronald Reagan

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.

Ronald Reagan

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

Ronald Reagan

No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people’s wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.

Ronald Reagan

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

Ronald Reagan

No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.

Ronald Reagan

Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.

Ronald Reagan