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Ronald Reagan [1911-2004] American

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President, 40th U.S. President

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who was the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. Before his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California, from 1967 to 1975, after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.	God, Patriotism	101
When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.	Leadership	102
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.	Inspirational	103
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.	Freedom	104
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.	Peace	105
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.	Government	106
There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.		107
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.	Government	108
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.	Government, Money	109
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.	Politics	110
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.		111
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.		112
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.	Love, Patriotism	113
I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.	Good, Life	114
There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.	Courage	115
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.	Government	116
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.	Success	117
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.		118
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.	Society, Time	119
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.		120
A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?		121
The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.		122
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.	Government	123
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!	Government	124
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.	Freedom, God, Religion	125
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.		126
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.	Government, Work	201
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.	Politics	202
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.	Politics	203
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.	Funny	204
I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.		205
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.	Best	206
You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.	Food	207
While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.	Future	208
It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.	Food	209
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.	Environmental, Government	210
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.	Work	211
To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.		212
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.	Courage, Men, Women	213
Trust, but verify.	Trust	214
Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.		215
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.	Change, Great	216
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.		217
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.	Government, Money	218
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.	Music	219
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.		220
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.		221
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.	Age	222
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.	Faith, God	223
Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.	God	224
We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.		225
One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.	Government	226
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.		301
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.	Government	302
Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.	Faith	303
The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.		304
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.	Business, Government, Intelligence	305
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.	Politics	306
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.		307
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.		308
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.	Food, Medical	309
Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.	Age	310
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.	Christmas, Home	311
We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.		312
Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.	Business, Politics	313
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.		314
No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.		315
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.		316
It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?	Chance	317
I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.		318
What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.		319
We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.		320
A people free to choose will always choose peace.	Peace	321
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.	Government	322
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!		323
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.	Money	324
The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.		325
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.	Imagination, Intelligence	326
They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.		401
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.	Religion	402
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.		403
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.		404
We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.	Christmas, Home, War	405
Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.		406
We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.		407
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.	Government	408
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.	Government	409
It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.		410
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.		411
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.		412
But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.		413
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.		414
People do not make wars; governments do.		415
How can a president not be an actor?		416
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.		417
Don't be afraid to see what you see.	Fear	418
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.		419
Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.		420
Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.		421
Facts are stubborn things.	Truth	422
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.		423
Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.	Chance	424
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.		425
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.	Peace	426
No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.		501
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.		502
Man is not free unless government is limited.	Freedom	503
One picture is worth 1,000 denials.	Funny	504
If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.		505

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