Ronald Reagan Quotes About Office

• 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

• When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’.

  Ronald Reagan

  Loyalty, Oath Of Office, People

  Economic Recovery Address to a Joint Session of Congress, delivered day 28 April 1981

• When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Talking, Long

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

• All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Years, Office

  "Burlington Free Press" (Vermont), February 15, 1980.

• I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me a lot of my job as governor.

  Ronald Reagan

  Morning, Jobs, Office

  Ronald Reagan (1990). “An American Life”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

• Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now and then when I was in government, I would remind my associates that "When we start thinking of government as 'us' instead of 'them,' we've been here too long." By that I mean that elected officeholders need to retain a certain skepticism about the perfectibility of government.

  Ronald Reagan

  Mean, Thinking, Government

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