Ronald Reagan quotes
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“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.”
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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.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books
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“Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. 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. If it stops moving, subsidize it. ... The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”
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“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Remarks at a Dallas Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, delivered 23 August 1984 at Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX
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“It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”
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“Either you will control your government, or government will control you.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Ronald Reagan (1993). “Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, Greenwood Publishing Group
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“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”
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“We must never remain silent in the face of bigotry. We must condemn those who seek to divide us. In all quarters and at all times, we must teach tolerance and denounce racism, anti-Semitism and all ethnic or religious bigotry wherever they exist as unacceptable evils. We have no place for haters in America -- none, whatsoever.”
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“It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so”
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“When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill. And when government does it for 40 years, the bill comes in two ways: higher taxes and inflation. Make no mistake about it, inflation is a tax and not by accident.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Ronald Reagan (1993). “Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, Greenwood Publishing Group
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“A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.”
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“We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Ronald Reagan's Speech at the Republican National Convention, Platform Committee Meeting, Miami, Florida, July 31, 1968.
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“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”
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“Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Radio Address on Socialized Medicine, recorded circa 1961
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“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA
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“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.7, Humanix Books
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“I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”
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“If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.”
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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.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”
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“And let us never forget that in honoring our flag, we honor the American men and women who have courageously fought and died for it over the last 200 years, patriots who set an ideal above any consideration of self. Our flag flies free today because of their sacrifice.”
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“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.99, Simon and Schuster
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“Because you won't get gun control by disarming law abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don't actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time.”
-- Ronald ReaganSource : "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan".
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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 first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
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