“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”
— Ronald Reagan
“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”
“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.”
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
“America is too great for small dreams.”
“When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”
“If you're explaining, you're losing.”
“If not us, who? And if not now, when?”
“The future doesn't belong to the lighthearted. It belongs to the brave.”
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
“By working together, pooling our resources and building on our strengths, we can accomplish great things.”
“Doverey, no proverey – Trust but verify.”
“Money can’t buy happiness, but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.”
“How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.”
“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.”
“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.”
“Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty.”
“America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.”
“Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories...”
“If you think you can – you can!”
“The price of freedom may be high, but never so costly as the loss of freedom.”
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
“I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?”
“Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights.”
“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.”
“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”
“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”
“As government expands, liberty contracts.”
“There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.”
“Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and the source of its legitimacy.”
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
“To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.”
“I’ll be like Scarlett O’Hara-I’ll think about it tomorrow.”
“With freedom comes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual.”
“Stick to your dreams and determine that you’re going to make them come true.”
“It’s hard, when you’re up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.”
“The arts and humanities teach us who we are and what we can be. They lie at the very core of the culture of which we’re a part.”
“I believe the best social program is a job.”
“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.”
“Every new day begins with possibilities.”
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.”
“We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.”
“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”
“Let us thank God for life and the blessings He’s put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.”
“A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That’s how awful the loss is.”
“Without a vision the people perish.”
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