Ronald Reagan Quotes

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  There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

  Ronald Reagan

  Accomplishment, Achievement, Rewards And Recognition

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  Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

  Ronald Reagan

  Suicide, Care, Simply Love

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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 Reagan

  Strength, Peace, Children

  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.

  Ronald Reagan

  Moving, Government, Views

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  Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

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  Government

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

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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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  Inspirational, God, Country

  Remarks at a Dallas Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, delivered 23 August 1984 at Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX

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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."

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  Government, Nine, Helping

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

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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.

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  Government, Remember You, Remembers You

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

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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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  Smart, Knows

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• A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

  Ronald Reagan

  Borders, Migration, Nations

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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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  Hater, Religious, America

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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.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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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.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  Ronald Reagan's Speech at the Republican National Convention, Platform Committee Meeting, Miami, Florida, July 31, 1968.

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

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  Issues, Pages, Enough

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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.

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  Party, Names, People

  Radio Address on Socialized Medicine, recorded circa 1961

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• I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Pro Life, Abortion

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• If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

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  Freedom, President, Earth

  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 Reagan

  Freedom, People, Presidential

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.7, Humanix Books

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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 Reagan

  Mistake, Government, Years

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

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• Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

  Ronald Reagan

  Running, Peace, War

  Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the National Conference of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, www.reaganfoundation.org. March 30, 1981.

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• If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

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  Stupid, Government, Answers

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

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  Funny, Business, Military

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

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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.

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  Spiritual, Country, Healing

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• Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Self, Competition

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.62, Humanix Books

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