Quotes from Ronald Reagan

Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family.

These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America's founding fathers.

We will never disarm any American who seeks to protect his or her family from fear and harm.

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

Medicare will usher in federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have know it in this country.

A small nation, faced with the denial of its sovereignty — indeed, of its very existence — reminded us that the price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of freedom.

Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again

Man is not free unless government is limited.

Law and freedom must be indivisible partners. For without law, there can be no freedom, only choas and disorder; and without freedom, law is but a cynical veneer for injustice and oppression.

I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom.

We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray

Let it never be said of this generation of Americans that we became so obsessed with failure that we refused to take risks that could further the cause of peace and freedom in the world.

For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always remain at each other's side.

A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.

A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours.

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available