Quotes by Ronald Reagan

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

If we ever forget that were one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our childrens children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you dont care who gets the credit.

Status quo, you know, is Latin for the mess were in.

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

The future doesnt belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if Im in a cabinet meeting.

Ive heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

If youre explaining, youre losing.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of unborn children. Abortion on demand now takes the lives of up to 1.5 million unborn children a year. Human life legislation ending this tragedy will some day pass the Congress, and you and I must never rest until it does. Unless and until it can be proven that the unborn child is not a living entity, then its right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must be protected.

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit theyre sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals — if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birthright of the few, it is the God-given right of all His children, in every country. It wont come by conquest. It will come, because freedom is right and freedom works. It will come, because cooperation and good will among free people will carry the day.

If theres one observation that rings true in todays changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.