Ronald Reagan Quotes

“I've spoken of the shining city all my political life.”

“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.”

“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."

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

“Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.”

“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.”

“When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”

“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.”

“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

“We are never defeated unless we give up on God.”

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

“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”

“Recession is when a neighbour loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.”

“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”

“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.”

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

“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.”

“It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”

“I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.”

“Honey, I forgot to duck.”

“You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.”

“I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.”

“Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.”

“I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.”