Ronald Reagan Quotes About Virtue

• Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

  Ronald Reagan

  God, Long, Democracy

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

• Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingess to sacrifice for them. Let us pledge to restore, in our time, the American spirit of voluntary service, of cooperation, of private and community initiative, a spirit that flows like a deep and mighty river through the history of our nation.

  Ronald Reagan

  Education, Children, New Beginnings

  1980 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 17 July 1980, Detroit, MI

• Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.

  Ronald Reagan

  Virtue, Economics, Budgets

• A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.

  Ronald Reagan

  Reflection, Liberty, Citizens

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

• There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship.

  Ronald Reagan

  Mother, Father, Character

  Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.445, Best Books on

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