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Ronald Reagan
Related If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, India... RONALD REAGAN When Ronald Reagan was elected president for his first term in 1980, he received strong support from... STEVE HANKE If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, ... JOEL OSTEEN If I have one special memory, it was when we recreated the trial of the Chicago Seven - and I'd ... TROY GARITY Some of my Democratic friends don't like it when I say that, but Ronald Reagan was once a Democr... JIM WEBB Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite agai... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS [You can't accuse the creator of] The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil an... AARON MCGRUDER We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't sta... JOHN THAW I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wo... ADAM JOHNSON I probably wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the gay community supporting me. I wouldn... KIESZA I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I... DICK CHENEY Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had free... ANTHONY HOLDEN In George W. Bush's latest reincarnation, he claims to be Reagan-like. Mr. Bush, I know Ronald Reaga... PATTY HEARST If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Sug... MALCOLM BRADBURY I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been hel... MICHAEL LEE-CHIN I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I... BILLY GRAHAM You and I probably wouldn't be here if our ancestors hadn't been greedy savages. MARK PAGEL If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn'... CARL SAFINA The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, ... KEN LIVINGSTONE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON We all should be concerned if our kids don't know who Sandra Day O'Connor, John Adams, and R... DOUG DUCEY If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out. BEAR BRYANT Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without ... B. B. KING Two years ago, if anyone had told me I'd be doing half the stuff I'm doing, I wouldn't h... ZAYN MALIK I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my lif... SYLVESTER STALLONE After 2003, we lowered taxes across the board. And by 2004, revenue to the federal government grew. ... PAT TOOMEY The work I have done in private practice has been assisting companies and organizations to work with... DAVID JOLLY I don't smile much, and I never laugh. If you'd been through what I've been through, you... CHARLIE SIFFORD Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I ... J. R. SMITH If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footba... IAN MCSHANE Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would proba... NEWT GINGRICH I suppose when I was writing 'V for Vendetta' I would in my secret heart of hearts have thou... ALAN MOORE If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market. DICK GREGORY We need to do an environmental impact statement. BOB THOMPSON If only there was a vaccine to protect against breast cancer, we'd be lining up - wouldn't w... JUDY BLUME When we moved, we knew this was here, ... If we had a preference, wed prefer it didnt be here, b... ED TOWNSEND It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'... JO BRAND If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be... DOLLY PARTON I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth. HUNTER S. THOMPSON I don't find it uncomfortable that I'm recognized and liked by so many people. If that were ... SONG HYE-KYO The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer. WILL ROGERS When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wante... EDDIE CANTOR My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn... SAM DONALDSON Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wou... LAURA WADE It's time for a 21st-century retirement age. If 40 is the new 20 and 50 is the new 30, why shoul... MICHELLE MALKIN The inaugural of Ronald Reagan, with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And that was the greatest thing.... DON RICKLES Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion no... CLINT EASTWOOD Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit,... BEAR BRYANT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON If I had to describe myself, I wouldn't use words like 'hero.' I wouldn't use 'p... EDWARD SNOWDEN If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing no... QUENTIN TARANTINO I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You ... EDITH EVANS There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himse... EDWARD STEICHEN I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I mino... AISHA TYLER I never really got paid for 'Tell It Like Is,' but I look back at it and say God knew what h... AARON NEVILLE When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It w... RUTH BADER GINSBURG If I had my way, the woman I marry, she wouldn't be a part of Twitter and she wouldn't be on... LANCE GROSS Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of ... PATRICK STEWART I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody... WARREN BEATTY If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen r... JOHNNY CARSON With Ed Wood, it was this sort of blending of Ronald Reagan, the Tin Man from 'The Wizard of Oz,... JOHNNY DEPP When I was a kid, the people that used to push other people around, if someone whacked them, then th... JASON STATHAM I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have ... MICHAEL LEE-CHIN Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT To be sure, administrations since Ronald Reagan had gone out of their way to massage and 'spin... NIGEL HAMILTON I know throughout my childhood, there were many times I couldn't stand being a 'Jr.' I w... FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president... Most think they'd... KEVIN KLINE When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, exc... WALLY SCHIRRA I first met Kim Dae Jung when he was a Korean dissident whose life was threatened by the military re... ELLIOTT ABRAMS You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reag... MICHAEL REAGAN Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. g... BERNARD CORNWELL The only way I get a leading role in a studio picture is if Ryan Gosling can't play it, which is... DAVID OYELOWO Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT My dad was young; he went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It was... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I think if Keith Moon was here today and you asked him to recall most of his early life or most of h... ROGER DALTREY It's from a Ronald Reagan quote. He was talking about when the Cold War is going to be over. GEORGE HIGGINS When 'Lost' was over, we expected that there'd be some people who'd really like it a... CARLTON CUSE Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that rel... NOAM CHOMSKY If I'd been able to put the collection together in one go, say over two years, we'd have had... BRYAN ROBSON For businesses, biomimicry is about bringing a new discipline - biology - to the design table. It... JANINE BENYUS If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shorta... MILTON FRIEDMAN I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn... CHERYL TIEGS If it wasn't for women, I wouldn't be here. I'm a mamma's boy at heart. I love my mo... ROMAN REIGNS I don't think anybody is - no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man a... JOHN MCCAIN It's a great day for Indiana. The hard work at all levels of federal, state and local government has... DAN BURTON Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of thi... J. R. SMITH I am not a politician; I've never run for anything in my life. I'm an economist. I'm a b... LAWRENCE KUDLOW When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which mean... NEIL GAIMAN To do this movie in a watered-down fashion or have these characters be watered down wouldn't hav... JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN 'Eureka' was very bad timing. The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, ... NICOLAS ROEG I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't ... JASON O'MARA Loopy as the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system is, it's better than wha... TIMOTHY NOAH I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was... TRACEY EMIN Vail's a very important place for me. Everyone kind of took me in and accepted me in that town, ... LINDSEY VONN I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Rea... ROBERT PENN WARREN If we were all perfected beings, we wouldn't be here in the physical world. GEORGE HARRISON The big lesson of Reagan is: To think that he was some sort of simple figurehead and didn't do t... EUGENE JARECKI
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The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting ... RONALD REAGAN We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up ... RONALD REAGAN Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free... RONALD REAGAN Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a ... RONALD REAGAN The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of... RONALD REAGAN Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy'... RONALD REAGAN Poland is not East or West. Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mig... RONALD REAGAN You are Mrs. Reagan because Mr. Reagan loves you with all his heart. RONALD REAGAN Mad or glad, Mr. Reagan is head over heels in love with Mrs. Reagan and can't even imagine a wor... 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RONALD REAGAN One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. RONALD REAGAN No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. RONALD REAGAN You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economi... RONALD REAGAN Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. RONALD REAGAN Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. RONALD REAGAN The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take ... RONALD REAGAN A people free to choose will always choose peace. RONALD REAGAN I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary. RONALD REAGAN Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the governm... RONALD REAGAN I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them thro... RONALD REAGAN We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutel... RONALD REAGAN We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child. RONALD REAGAN A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at? RONALD REAGAN My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then wo... RONALD REAGAN I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: 'This wall wil... RONALD REAGAN For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free t... RONALD REAGAN Today on the NATO line, our military forces face east to prevent a possible invasion. On the other s... RONALD REAGAN Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years. RONALD REAGAN It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has... RONALD REAGAN If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party... RONALD REAGAN Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. RONALD REAGAN They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. RONALD REAGAN I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Dem... RONALD REAGAN It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we ... RONALD REAGAN How can a president not be an actor? RONALD REAGAN Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. RONALD REAGAN One picture is worth 1,000 denials. RONALD REAGAN Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. RONALD REAGAN Don't be afraid to see what you see. RONALD REAGAN No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never dis... 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That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there... RONALD REAGAN Man is not free unless government is limited. RONALD REAGAN Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever dev... RONALD REAGAN Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer. RONALD REAGAN Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! RONALD REAGAN We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be f... RONALD REAGAN All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. RONALD REAGAN To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the cr... RONALD REAGAN Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. RONALD REAGAN Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as ... RONALD REAGAN How do you tell a communist? 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Freedom is not just the birthri... RONALD REAGAN Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we're in. RONALD REAGAN There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. RONALD REAGAN Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must... RONALD REAGAN Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. RONALD REAGAN What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've ... RONALD REAGAN While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future. RONALD REAGAN Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere. RONALD REAGAN Someplace along the line the audience discovered you. In my case it was playing the Gipper. RONALD REAGAN If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, India... RONALD REAGAN We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the G... RONALD REAGAN Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ... RONALD REAGAN Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is. RONALD REAGAN If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all. RONALD REAGAN We are for aiding our allies by sharing some of our material blessings with those nations which shar... RONALD REAGAN Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. RONALD REAGAN Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. RONALD REAGAN The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. RONALD REAGAN My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then wo... RONALD REAGAN I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed i... 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RONALD REAGAN We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely in... RONALD REAGAN We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker... RONALD REAGAN No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. RONALD REAGAN I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these ... RONALD REAGAN We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich. RONALD REAGAN Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you ... RONALD REAGAN My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then wo... RONALD REAGAN Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself ... RONALD REAGAN Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a ve... RONALD REAGAN No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage ... RONALD REAGAN We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be... RONALD REAGAN We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit ov... RONALD REAGAN Limits exist only in the mind RONALD REAGAN Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If ... RONALD REAGAN You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans. RONALD REAGAN The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away. RONALD REAGAN Some spend their entire lives wondering if they have made a difference in this world. The Marines do... RONALD REAGAN Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a ver... 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The day after I was elected, I had my high scho... RONALD REAGAN It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? RONALD REAGAN Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face. RONALD REAGAN Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. RONALD REAGAN The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. RONALD REAGAN When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat. RONALD REAGAN It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a strik... RONALD REAGAN Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of ... RONALD REAGAN We are never defeated unless we give up on God. RONALD REAGAN Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. RONALD REAGAN The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here ... 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RONALD REAGAN I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. RONALD REAGAN Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, bu... RONALD REAGAN Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have... RONALD REAGAN Well, I would - if they realized that we - again if - if we led them back to that stalemate only bec... RONALD REAGAN There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know... RONALD REAGAN A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. RONALD REAGAN. You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. RONALD REAGAN The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. RONALD REAGAN Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very... RONALD REAGAN People don't start wars, governments do. RONALD REAGAN No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. RONALD REAGAN If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are... RONALD REAGAN I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And... RONALD REAGAN I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabine... RONALD REAGAN I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. RONALD REAGAN How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an ant... RONALD REAGAN Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. RONALD REAGAN Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in... RONALD REAGAN Facts are stupid things. RONALD REAGAN Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the ... RONALD REAGAN Don't be afraid to see what you see. RONALD REAGAN Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. RONALD REAGAN Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formida... RONALD REAGAN My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever... RONALD REAGAN History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. RONALD REAGAN You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope... RONALD REAGAN To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the cro... RONALD REAGAN Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And e... RONALD REAGAN