My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government. Ronald Reagan More Quotes by Ronald Reagan More Quotes From Ronald Reagan Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Ronald Reagan celebration thanksgiving character If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly. Ronald Reagan politics simple thinking I am an environmentalist. ... I am for clean air. Ronald Reagan clean dictator air The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant demeans and humiliates him. Ronald Reagan return citizens government Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In the days to come, whenever a voice is raised telling you to let the government do it, analyze very carefully to see whether the suggested service is worth the personal freedom which you must forgo in return for such service. Ronald Reagan voice government loss Some months before I declared, I asked for a meeting and crossed the border to meet with the president of Mexico. I did not go with a plan. I went, as I said in my announcement address, to ask him his ideas - how we could make the border something other than a locale for a nine-foot fence. Ronald Reagan president feet ideas We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled their nation as they became champions of a noble cause. Ronald Reagan our-veterans sacrifice giving Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs production [protection]. Ronald Reagan freedom-of-speech jobs america Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of nuclear war. Ronald Reagan growing-up war children We intend to keep the peace - we will also keep our freedom. Ronald Reagan We who live in free market societies believe that growth and prosperity, and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Ronald Reagan government believe people I think maybe there could be some restrictions that there had to be a certain amount of training taken. Ronald Reagan gun taken thinking In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Isreal was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tyranny and unrest. Ronald Reagan israel men country The fourth landing of the Columbia is the historical equivalent of the driving of the golden spike which completed the first transcontinental railroad. It marks our entrance into a new era. Ronald Reagan railroads historical moon While other [military] alliances have been formed to win wars, our fundamental purpose is to prevent war while preserving and extending the frontiers of freedom. Ronald Reagan military winning war A people free to choose will always choose peace. Ronald Reagan war peace people The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before. Ronald Reagan debt recovery facts A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and - above all - responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill. Ronald Reagan destiny cities self I'm not smart enough to lie Ronald Reagan smart liars lying Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives. Ronald Reagan bustle stills men
