Quotes from Ronald Reagan

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship.

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

By working together, pooling our resources and building on our strengths, we can accomplish great things.

Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'

Together, we'll build a far better future for America -- a future of growth, opportunity, and security, anchored by the values of a people who are confident, compassionate, and whose heart is good.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

We're more than friends and neighbors and allies; we are kin, who together have built the most productive relationship between any two countries in the world today.

We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.

If we listen to our hearts, believe in ourselves, and pull together, nothing can stand in our way.

My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.

A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

God's miracles are to be found in nature itself; the wind and waves, the wood that becomes a tree - all of these are explained biologically, but behind them is the hand of God.

If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all.

Trees cause pollution.

Eighty percent of air pollution comes from plants and trees.

More than any gift or toy, ornament of tree, let us resolve that this Christmas shall be, like that first Christmas, a celebration of interior treasures.

Cars don't cause pollution, trees do.

The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal.

Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage.