Quotes from Ronald Reagan

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

I have always thought of government as a kind of organism with an insatiable appetite for money, whose natural state is to grow forever unless you do something to starve it.

It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!

Money can't buy happiness but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.

My doctors told me this morning my blood pressure is down so low that I can start reading the newspapers.

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.

When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.'

From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.

Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.

Elvis epitomised America, and for that we shall be eternally grateful. There will never be anyone else like him. Let's all rejoice in his music.

George Burns . . . the only man I know who does fool Mother Nature.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.