‘Here’s my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘The most terrifying words
in the English language are:
I’m from the government
and I’m here to help.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘The trouble with our liberal friends
is not that they’re ignorant;
it’s just that they know so much
that isn’t so.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘Of the four wars in my lifetime,
none came about because
the U.S. was too strong.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is
a government program.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘It has been said that politics
is the second oldest profession.
I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘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.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.’
– Ronald Reagan

‘If we ever forget
that we’re one nation under God,
then we will be a nation gone under.’
– Ronald Reagan