Your inspiration taps hidden reserves of promise that sustain people through times that induce despair. You enable people to envision a future that sustains the best from their past while also holding out new possibilities.


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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...
RONALD REAGAN
A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with...
RONALD REAGAN
The taxpayer -- that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civ...
RONALD REAGAN
Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.
RONALD WRIGHT
A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
RONALD KNOX
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.
RONALD REAGAN
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them right away.
RONALD REAGAN
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
RONALD REAGAN
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
RONALD REAGAN
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
RONALD REAGAN
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbre...
RONALD REAGAN
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
RONALD REAGAN
Trust, but verify.
RONALD REAGAN
You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
RONALD REAGAN
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
RONALD REAGAN
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself yo...
RONALD REAGAN
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, ...
RONALD REAGAN
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it....
RONALD REAGAN
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
RONALD REAGAN
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
RONALD REAGAN
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
RONALD REAGAN
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
RONALD REAGAN
But there are advantages to being elected President. 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