Top 500 Ronald Reagan Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “The signs of the Vietnam War protestors said “Make Love not War!” It didn’t seem to me that they were capable of either.”

— Ronald Reagan

152. “The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.”

— Ronald Reagan

153. “Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.”

— Ronald Reagan

154. “We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, give us hope, and leave us wiser than we were.”

— Ronald Reagan

155. “We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn’t tell us.”

— Ronald Reagan

156. “Our loyalty lies with little taxpayers, not big spenders. What our critics really believe is that those in Washington know better how to spend your money than you, the people, do. But we’re not going to let them do it, period.”

— Ronald Reagan

157. “If you’ve seen one redwood tree, you’ve seen them all.”

— Ronald Reagan

158. “If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.”

— Ronald Reagan

159. “Don’t let anyone tell you that America’s best days are behind her – that the American spirit has been vanquished. We’ve seen it triumph too often in our lives to stop believing in it now.”

— Ronald Reagan

160. “We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?”

— Ronald Reagan

161. “You can’t be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”

— Ronald Reagan

162. “When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the people with no limit or restraint on what the government can take, then the government has become the master.”

— Ronald Reagan

163. “We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow.”

— Ronald Reagan

164. “All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.”

— Ronald Reagan

165. “Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”

— Ronald Reagan

166. “I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.”

— Ronald Reagan

167. “The best social program is a productive job for anyone who’s willing to work.”

— Ronald Reagan

168. “The best way to get over a dog’s death is to get another soon.”

— Ronald Reagan

169. “Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.”

— Ronald Reagan

170. “Information is the oxygen of the modern age.”

— Ronald Reagan

171. “I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.”

— Ronald Reagan

172. “You will be competing against athletes from many nations. But, most important, you are competing against yourself. All we expect is for you to do your very best, to push yourself just one second faster, one notch higher, one inch further.”

— Ronald Reagan

173. “Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you’re ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don’t understand that we also dream.”

— Ronald Reagan

174. “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?”

— Ronald Reagan

175. “Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.”

— Ronald Reagan

176. “Governments don’t control things. A government can’t control the economy without controlling people.”

— Ronald Reagan

177. “What would this country be without this great land of ours.”

— Ronald Reagan

178. “Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.”

— Ronald Reagan

179. “I’m not smart enough to lie.”

— Ronald Reagan

180. “Government Steals from the needy and gives to the greedy.”

— Ronald Reagan

181. “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.”

— Ronald Reagan

182. “The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets.”

— Ronald Reagan

183. “The doors of this Library are open now and are all welcome. The judgment of history is left to you, the people. I have no fears of that, for we have done our best. And so I say, come and learn from it.”

— Ronald Reagan

184. “From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.”

— Ronald Reagan

185. “If it’s to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.”

— Ronald Reagan

186. “A people free to choose will always choose peace.”

— Ronald Reagan

187. “We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate.”

— Ronald Reagan

188. “The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.”

— Ronald Reagan

189. “Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.”

— Ronald Reagan

190. “If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.”

— Ronald Reagan

191. “We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.”

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

193. “I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini Island during an H-bomb blast.”

— Ronald Reagan

194. “Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family.”

— Ronald Reagan

195. “Inside the Bible’s pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible.”

— Ronald Reagan

196. “If it takes a bloodbath, let’s get it over with.”

— Ronald Reagan

197. “There are some who’ve forgotten why we have a military. It’s not to promote war, it’s to be prepared for peace.”

— Ronald Reagan

198. “The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.”

— Ronald Reagan

199. “Tyranny, like fog in the well known poem, often creeps in silently ‘on little cat feet.’”

— Ronald Reagan

200. “We may be the generation that sees Armageddon.”

— Ronald Reagan