I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally. Ronald Reagan More Quotes by Ronald Reagan More Quotes From Ronald Reagan Perhaps there is a simple answer -- not an easy answer -- but simple: If you and I have the courage to tell our elected officials that we want our national policy based on what we know in our hearts is morally right. Ronald Reagan simple answers heart I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar. Ronald Reagan doctors government sound This is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of a compassionate welfare program to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. Far from it. But it is to say that our duty is to foster a strong, vibrant wealth-producing economy which operates in such a way that new additions to wealth accrue to those who presently have little or no ownership stake in their country. Ronald Reagan government strong country The challenge of statesmanship is to have the vision to dream of a better, safer world and the courage, persistence, and patience to turn that dream into reality. Ronald Reagan persistence perseverance dream Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible. That we're told we'll violate the constitutional separation of church and state established by the Founding Fathers and the First Amendment. The First Amendment was not written to protect people and their laws from religious values. It was written to protect those values from government tyranny. Ronald Reagan religious believe father 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. Ronald Reagan regret political goes-on They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. Ronald Reagan business simple answers When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long. Ronald Reagan government talking long These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war. Ronald Reagan sacrifice hero war Freedom is indivisible - there is no "s" on the end of it. You can erode freedom, diminish it, but you cannot divide it and choose to keep "some freedoms" while giving up others. Ronald Reagan giving-up liberty freedom God...should never have been expelled from America's schools. As we struggle to teach our children...we dare not forget that our civilization was built by men and women who placed their faith in a loving God. If Congress can begin each day with a moment of prayer...so then can our sons and daughters. Ronald Reagan daughter prayer children The Founding Fathers believed that faith in God was the key to our being a good people and America's becoming a great nation. Ronald Reagan keys god father Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy. Ronald Reagan size government problem Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. Ronald Reagan wall oxygen humor 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. Ronald Reagan peace mean country Mankind's journey into space, like every great voyage of discovery, will become part of our unending journey of liberation. In the limitless reaches of space, we will find liberation from tyranny, from scarcity, from ignorance and from war. We will find the means to protect this Earth and to nurture every human life, and to explore the universe. . . .This is our mission, this is our destiny. Ronald Reagan ignorance war mean Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things. Ronald Reagan freedom-liberty freedom way Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child. Ronald Reagan unborn-child politics children 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. Ronald Reagan leadership motivational inspirational Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. Ronald Reagan abortion dying death
