Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. Ronald Reagan More Quotes by Ronald Reagan More Quotes From Ronald Reagan Even Albert Einstein reportedly needed help on his 1040 form. Ronald Reagan Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his. Ronald Reagan Qaddafi counted on America to be passive. He counted wrong. Ronald Reagan 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. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have. Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbours. Ronald Reagan Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan You can accomplish much if you don't care who gets the credit. Ronald Reagan I will veto again and again until spending is brought under control. Ronald Reagan The freedom fighters of Nicaragua ... are the moral equal of our Founding Fathers and the brave men and women of the French Resistance. Ronald Reagan 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, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. Ronald Reagan I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. Ronald Reagan Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. Ronald Reagan As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. The only person who's going to be penalized and have difficulty is the law-abiding citizen, who then cannot have it if he wants protection-the protection of a weapon in his home, for home protection. Ronald Reagan Damn it, Pierre, what do you want me to do We'll go sit with empty chairs to get those guys back to the table. (To Pierre Trudeau, prime minister of Canada) Ronald Reagan The distance between the present system and our proposal is like comparing the distance between a Model T and the space shuttle. And I should know I've seen both. Ronald Reagan Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would. Ronald Reagan As a heterosexual ballet dancer, you develop a thick skin. Ronald Reagan I've often wondered how some people in positions of this kind ... manage without having had any acting experience. Ronald Reagan If I had as much make-up on as he did, I'd have looked younger, too. Ronald Reagan It's difficult to see that people are starving in this country because food isn't available.(1986) Ronald Reagan Most tax revisions didn't improve the system, they made it more like Washington itself complicated, unfair, cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes designed for those with the power and influence to hire high-priced legal and tax advisers. Ronald Reagan