Quotes from Ronald Reagan

Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom.

I think people have a need to feel good about the country they live in, but what's happening, I think, is that that need - which is a good thing - is getting manipulated and exploited.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it.

We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.

We who live in free market societies believe that growth and prosperity, and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.

If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.

Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.

. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes their spirit.

Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.

Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we have no right to bellyache or squawk when things go wrong.

Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.