Ronald Reagan

Freedom is not the sole prerogative of a chosen few, but the universal right of all God's children.

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

America is still an eagle, and she's ready to soar again.

Together, we'll build a far better future for America -- a future of growth, opportunity, and security, anchored by the values of a people who are confident, compassionate, and whose heart is good.

Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.

Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide.

I notice that everbody who is Pro-Abortion already has been born.

I'm convinced, more than ever, that man finds liberation only when he binds himself to God and commits himself to his fellow man.

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.

Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.

People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover.

One of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans.

All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital -- ancient king, dictator, or private individual. We should properly be looking at the contrast between a free market system where individuals have the right to live like kings if they have the ability to earn that right and government control of the market system such as we find today in socialist nations.

We cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide...t here is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning.

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.

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

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.