Ronald Reagan Quotes

president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (6 February 1911 – 5 June 2004) was an American politician and actor, who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader. He was the husband of Jane Wyman (1940–1949) and Nancy Davis (married in 1952).

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Birth Name: Ronald Wilson Reagan

Also Known As: Dutch • The Gipper • The Great Communicator

Alternative Names: President Reagan • President Ronald Reagan • Ronald W. Reagan • Ronald W Reagan • R. W. Reagan

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People don't start wars, governments do.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

We do not deny any nation's legitimate interest in security. But protecting the security of one nation by robbing another of its national independence and national traditions is not legitimate. In the long run, it is not even secure.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

Getting shot hurts. Still my fear was growing because no matter how hard I tried to breath it seemed I was getting less & less air. I focused on that tiled ceiling and prayed. But I realized I couldn't ask for Gods help while at the same time I felt hatred for the mixed up young man who had shot me. Isn't that the meaning of the lost sheep? We are all Gods children & therefore equally beloved by him. I began to pray for his soul and that he would find his way back to the fold.

I spoke to ears that refused to hear.

Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.

A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back.

governments don't produce economic growth people do.

A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

"If politics were a musical, it would be "Promises, Promises"."

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

How can a president not be an actor?