Ronald Reagan: Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as...

The founders of the United Nations expected that member nations would behave and vote as individuals after they had weighed the merits of an issue - rather like a great, global town meeting. The emergence of blocks and the polarization of the United Nations undermine all that this organization initially valued.

Ronald Reagan

issues block organization

What has happened to the dreams of the United Nations' founders? What has happened to the spirit which created the United Nations? The answer is clear: Governments got in the way of the dreams of the people.

Ronald Reagan

government dream people

The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or the next. It was the deep knowledge - and pray God we have not lost it - that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest.

Ronald Reagan

differences men profound

Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.

Ronald Reagan

latino crow republican

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

Ronald Reagan

egypt politics israel

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

Ronald Reagan

abuse drug america

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

Ronald Reagan

nicaragua important world

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.

Ronald Reagan

christmas funny country

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.

Ronald Reagan

politics taken world

What would this country be without this great land of ours.

Ronald Reagan

land country

These young Americans sent a message to terrorists everywhere. . . . You can run but you can't hide.

Ronald Reagan

messages young running

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

Ronald Reagan

military spiritual peace

Please tell me you're Republicans.

Ronald Reagan

please republican politician

The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.

Ronald Reagan

journey morning goodbye

If you think you can - you can!

Ronald Reagan

failure good-luck thinking

I spoke to ears that refused to hear.

Ronald Reagan

spokes ears

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

Ronald Reagan

musical would-be promise

People don't start wars, governments do.

Ronald Reagan

patriotic government war

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

Ronald Reagan

tolerance government humble

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

Ronald Reagan

shining cities america

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.