Ronald Reagan quotes

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

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

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 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

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

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 Lyndon.

Ronald Reagan