Ronald Reagan Quotes

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Ronald Reagan

Profession : President

Birth : February 6, 1911

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

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All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

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We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.

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The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

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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.

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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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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.

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Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

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If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

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Trust, but verify.

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Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

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It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

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I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

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Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

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Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

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Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.

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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.

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How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

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It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

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Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

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