Friday, 12 August 2011

Quotes of Ronald Reagan


All great change in America begins at the dinner table.


All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
 

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.


Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
 

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.
 

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.


Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.


Don't be afraid to see what you see.
 

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.


Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
 

Facts are stubborn things.
 

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.
 

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.


Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
 

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.


Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.


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


One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.


Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.


People do not make wars; governments do.
 

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

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.


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


Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.


Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
 

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
 

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
 

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.


Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.


The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

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