Ronald Reagan Quotes

Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose. -- Ronald Reagan The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. -- Ronald Reagan The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so. -- Ronald Reagan Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong. -- Ronald Reagan I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress. -- Ronald Reagan The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. -- Ronald Reagan Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. -- Ronald Reagan The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program. -- Ronald Reagan I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me. even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. -- Ronald Reagan It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. -- Ronald Reagan 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. -- Ronald Reagan Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards. If you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. -- Ronald Reagan