Ronald Reagan

Here’s my formula: I usually start with a joke or story to catch the audience’s attention; then I tell them what I am going to tell them, I tell them, and then I tell them what I just told them.

Ronald Reagan

I believe the highest aspiration of man should be individual freedom and the development of the individual.

Ronald Reagan

I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.

Ronald Reagan

I don’t have too much time for fiction.

Ronald Reagan

I don’t think any of us should forget that the security of America is our highest responsibility.

Ronald Reagan

I know that it is often difficult to stand up for one’s beliefs when they are being harshly challenged. But as one who has seen many challenges over a long lifetime, I can assure you that personal faith and conviction are strengthened, not weakened, in adversity.

Ronald Reagan

I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference. It was the content. I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

Ronald Reagan

I’m just a citizen temporarily in public service.

Ronald Reagan

I’ve always believed that a lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.

Ronald Reagan

If you can’t summarize an issue on one page, you don’t understand the issue well enough.

Ronald Reagan