Ronald Reagan

The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor.

Ronald Reagan

The Democrats in the legislature agreed with us that welfare costs were headed for the stratosphere but claimed the solution was a huge tax increase-in other words, to keep pouring more money into a bucket that was full of holes.

Ronald Reagan

The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.

Ronald Reagan

The doors of this Library are open now and are all welcome. The judgment of history is left to you, the people. I have no fears of that, for we have done our best. And so I say, come and learn from it.

Ronald Reagan

The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector.

Ronald Reagan

The fact is, we’ll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before.

Ronald Reagan

The family has always been the cornerstone of American society.

Ronald Reagan

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

Ronald Reagan

The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution.

Ronald Reagan

The future belongs to the free.

Ronald Reagan