Ronald Reagan Quotes - Page 2

• To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life, may I just say: The first amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government tyranny.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Religious, Government

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• I believe the best social program is a job.

  Ronald Reagan

  Jobs, Believe, Social

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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 Reagan

  Real, Gun, Thug

  "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.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Business, Military

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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 Reagan

  Business, Government, Political

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strength, Peace, War

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

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• The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal.

  Ronald Reagan

  Spiritual, Country, Healing

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• When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

  Ronald Reagan

  Business, Light, Politics

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• Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Business, Party

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• We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Would Be, Sailor

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• If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Presidential, Lasts

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.5, Humanix Books

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• The national Democratic leadership is going so far left, they've left America. Don't let them bury the American dream in their graveyard of gloom and envy.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, America, Envy

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• Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which We the People tell the government what it is allowed to do. We the People are free.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, People, World

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

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  We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?

  Ronald Reagan

  Real, Thinking, Answers

  Address to the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, delivered 30 January 1984, Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C.

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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.

  Ronald Reagan

  Sacrifice, Men, Self

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• But the simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no nation can do that and survive.

  Ronald Reagan

  Simple, Immigration, Borders

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

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• The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally - not a 20 percent traitor.

  Ronald Reagan

  Time, Interesting, Allies

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• I believe now, as I alway have, that America's strength is in 'We the People.'

  Ronald Reagan

  Believe, America, People

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1991). “Ronald Reagan”

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• 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

  Inspirational, Talking, World

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

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• I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Sarcastic, Running

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• The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Freedom, Men

  Ronald Reagan (1993). “Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, Greenwood Publishing Group

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• I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don't know why he chose to write it, but I'm glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in France, but you can't become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Italy, but you can't become a German, an Italian. He went through Turkey, Greece, Japan and other countries. But he said anyone, from any corner of the world, can come to live in the United States and become an American.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Writing, Men

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• One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.

  Ronald Reagan

  Medicine, People, Way

  Radio Address on Socialized Medicine, recorded circa 1961

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

  Ronald Reagan

  Veterans Day, Marine, Differences

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