Top 25 quotes from Ronald Reagan

Posted 05 Feb 2011 in conservatism, Ronald Reagan, victory, wise quotes

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  • “Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”
  • “Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.”
  • “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 trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”
  • “Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
  • “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
  • “The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.”
  • “Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. “
  • “It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”
  • “Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.”
  • “No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”
  • “If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
  • “Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.”
  • “Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid”
  • “We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent”
  • “Peace is not the absense of conflict; it is the ability to manage conflict by peaceful means”
  • “Of the four wars of my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong”
  • “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. “
  • “Entrepeneurs and small businesses are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States”
  • “If you can’t make them see the light, let them feel the heat”
  • “They say the world has become too complex for simple answers… they are wrong”
  • “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help”
  • “Recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a depression is when you lose yours”
  • “How do you tell a communist? He reads Lenin and Marx. And how do you tell an anti-communist? Someone who understands Lenin and Marx.”
  • “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction; it’s not something we pass along in our bloodstream. It must be fought-for, protected, and passed-along for them to do the same”
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

1 Comment

  1. fuzzys dad
    06 February 11, 2:02am

    I miss this man

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