Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganRead
Admittedly, there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote warns against the dangers of appeasement in the face of aggression, suggesting that taking a strong stance is often necessary.
In this quote, Ronald Reagan emphasizes the idea that while taking a firm position against aggression might be risky, the alternative of appeasement poses an even greater threat. He points out that history has shown that yielding to aggressors often leads to more significant problems, urging a more assertive approach to dealing with conflicts. This serves as a reminder of the necessity to confront challenges rather than avoid them, even when it feels uncomfortable or risky.
Themes
RiskAppeasementAggressionHistoryFreedom
In practice
Example use cases
In a political debate discussing foreign policy strategies.
More from Ronald Reagan
All quotes →Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.
Ronald ReaganRead
I'm spending more time at this library in four days than I did at the Eureka College Library in four years.
Ronald ReaganRead
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my own values and beliefs. My candidacy is based on my record, and for that matter, my entire life.
Ronald ReaganRead
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might. Let history say of us: "These were golden years - when the American Revolution was reborn, when freedom gained new life, and America reached for her best."
Ronald ReaganRead
We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.
Ronald ReaganRead
Similar quotes
However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
Ivan TurgenevRead
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
ArchimedesRead
No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.
C. S. LewisRead
Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.
John OwenRead
How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism.
James MonroeRead
Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.
Walter MosleyRead