Ronald Reagan Quotes About Responsibility

• 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 Reagan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

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

• 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

• I don't think any of us should forget that the security of America is our highest responsibility.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, Thinking, America

• We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, Brotherly Love, Accepting

• It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag.

  Ronald Reagan

  Leadership, Strong, Home

  Remarks on the Occasion of 83rd Birthday Gala, delivered 3 February 1994

• Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic which had as its assets spirit, optimism, faith in God and an unshakeable belief that free men and women could govern themselves wisely. We became the leader of the free world, an example for all those who cherish freedom.

  Ronald Reagan

  Determination, Responsibility, Men

  "A MAN TRUE TO HIS WORD".

• Our leaders must remember that education doesn't begin with some isolated bureaucrat in Washington. It doesn't even begin with state or local officials. Education begins in the home, where it is a parental right and responsibility.

  Ronald Reagan

  Education, Home, Responsibility

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

• You are worried about what man has done and is doing to this magical planet that God gave us. And I share your concern. What is a conservative after all but one who conserves, one who is committed to protecting and holding close the things by which we live...And we want to protect and conserve the land on which we live - our countryside, our rivers and mountains, our plains and meadows and forests. This is our patrimony. This is what we leave to our children. And our great moral responsibility is to leave it to them either as we found it or better than we found it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Responsibility, Men

• With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, Gun, Common Sense

• With freedom goes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual himself.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, Politics, Individual

  "The quotable Ronald Reagan: the common sense and straight talk of former California Governor, Ronald Reagan".

• If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, Ifs, Governing

  Ronald Reagan (2011). “An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

• Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility to care for each other rather than leaving those tasks to paid bureaucrats.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, People, Leaving

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

• The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government. If you will forgive me, you know someone has once likened government to a baby. It is an alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

  Ronald Reagan

  Baby, Responsibility, Government

  Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.232, Best Books on

• Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

  Ronald Reagan

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Men

  Ronald Reagan (1968). “The Creative Society: Some Comments on Problems Facing America”

• Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

  Ronald Reagan

  Meaningful, Responsibility, Reality

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

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