Ronald Reagan Military Quotes

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

  Ronald Reagan

  Friends, Military, Political

  A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

• Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

  Ronald Reagan

  Memorial Day, Military, War

• Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Baby, Military

  Ronald Reagan, Bill Adler (1981). “The Reagan wit”, Jameson Books

• 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.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Military, Moving

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

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

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Hilarious, Military

• 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.

• Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

  Ronald Reagan

  Life, Strength, Peace

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

• Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Veterans Day, Military

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

  Ronald Reagan

  Veterans Day, Money, Peace

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

• There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, War, Forgotten

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

• We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.

  Ronald Reagan

  Stars, Military, War

  A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

• Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, War, Winning

• The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Work, Government

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

• The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.

  Ronald Reagan

  Faith, Spiritual, Military

  Remarks at the Annual Convention of the the National Association of Evangelicals, delivered 8 March 1983, Orlando, Florida

• Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Used, Clear

  Address to British Parliament, delivered 8 June 1982, Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster, London

• If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Government, Classroom

• There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war. It's to be prepared for peace. There's a sign over the entrance to the Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state, and that sign says it all: 'Peace is our profession'.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, War, Air

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

• The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget . . . in the final analysis . . . that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers the best guarantee of peace for America in times of danger.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Military, America

  Ronald Reagan (1975). “The quotable Ronald Reagan: the common sense and straight talk of former California Governor, Ronald Reagan”

• We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Military, Pearls

  Ronald Reagan, Mark J. Green, Gail MacColl (1983). “There he goes again: Ronald Reagan's reign of error”, Pantheon

• A nation's greatness is measured not just by its gross national product or military power, but by the strength of its devotion to the principles and values that bind its people and define their character.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Character, Greatness

• It is no coincidence that when the thugs tried to wrest control over Grenada, there were 30 Soviet advisors and hundreds of Cuban military and paramilitary forces on the island.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, War, Thug

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

• Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

  Ronald Reagan

  Spiritual, Peace, Military

  Address to British Parliament, delivered 8 June 1982, Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster, London

• The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We Americans don't want war and we don't start fights. We don't maintain a strong military force to conquer or coerce others. The purpose of our military is simple and straightforward: we want to prevent war.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strong, Military, War

  "The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words".

• While other [military] alliances have been formed to win wars, our fundamental purpose is to prevent war while preserving and extending the frontiers of freedom.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, War, Winning

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1990). “Ronald Reagan”

• Spending on the military doesn't increase the deficit.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Increase, Spending

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