Ronald Reagan Presidential Quotations

We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.

If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.

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.

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens.

The United States trades more with the province of Ontario alone than with Japan.

We're more than friends and neighbors and allies; we are kin, who together have built the most productive relationship between any two countries in the world today.

Doverey, no proverey - Trust but verify.

Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

During my first press conference as president, in answer to a direct question, I pointed out that, as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet leaders have openly and publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is that which will further their cause, which is world revolution.

Are you better off than you were four years ago? One of my favorite quotes Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores ... Is there more or less unemployment?

I heard one presidential candidate say that what this country needed was a president for the nineties. I was set to run again. I thought he said a president IN his nineties.

If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with.

The Soviet Union is the focus of evil in the modern world.

Freedom prospers only where the blessings of God are avidly sought, and humbly accepted.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

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.