There can be no security anywhere in the free world if there is no fiscal and economic stability within the United States. Ronald Reagan More Quotes by Ronald Reagan More Quotes From Ronald Reagan Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years. Ronald Reagan collegefootballsports The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job. Ronald Reagan presidentjobsthinking 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. Ronald Reagan impactgovernmenthands When the Labor Department is forced to relent and let these visitors do this work it is of course all legal. But it makes one wonder about the illegal alien fuss. Are great numbers of our unemployed really victims of the illegal alien invasion or are those illegal tourists actually doing work our own people won't do? One thing is certain in this hungry world; no regulation or law should be allowed if it results in crops rotting in the field for lack of harvesters. Ronald Reagan lawnumberspeople All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and his working methods, determine his employment. From here it's a short step to all the rest of socialism, to determining his pay....He will wait for the government to tell him where he will go to work and what he will do. Ronald Reagan waitingpaymen The American people cannot close their eyes to abuses of human rights and injustice, whether they occur among friend or adversary or even on our own shores. Ronald Reagan eyerightspeople The American people aren't overtaxed. The government in Washington is overfed. The main difference between ourselves and the other side is: we see an America where every day is the Fourth of July. They see an America where every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan julygovernmentamerica Americans are not going to tolerate intimidation, terror and outright acts of war against this nation and its people. And we are especially not going to tolerate these attacks from outlaw states run by the strangest collection of misfits, Looney Tunes and squalid criminals since the advent of the Third Reich ... There can be no place on earth where it is safe for these monsters to rest,or train or practice their cruel and deadly. We must act together - or unilateraly, if necessary - to ensue that these terrorists have no sanctuary, anywhere. Ronald Reagan practicerunningwar Our nation will prosper or decline in direct proportion to our selection of leaders who are guided by the Holy Spirit. If we fail to select Godly leaders our destiny will surely be as that of the Roman Empire. Ronald Reagan godlydestinyleader I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. Ronald Reagan naturefunnyorder The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray Ronald Reagan constitutionpurposepeople Medicare will usher in federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have know it in this country. Ronald Reagan medicareprogramcountry Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God, government for people, and humanity at peace. For it is now our task to tend and preserve, through the darkest and coldest nights, that "sacred fire of liberty" that President Washington spoke of two centuries ago, a fire that tonight remains a beacon to all oppressed of the world, shining forth from this kindly, pleasant, greening land we call America. Ronald Reagan firemennight Economists are people who wonder if what works in reality can also work in theory. Ronald Reagan wonderrealitypeople This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon. Ronald Reagan this-generationgenerationsmay For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ. Ronald Reagan battlescaryfirsts This democracy of ours, which sometimes we've treated so lightly, is more than ever a comfortable cloak, so let us not tear it asunder, for no man knows, once it is destroyed, where or when he will find its protective warmth again. Ronald Reagan democracytearsmen One day, a pretty, fresh-faced young lady - intelligent and sincerely concerned - asked me if abortion wasn't preferable to making a young, unmarried girl have a baby she didn't want and which would, therefore, grow up unloved and probably turn out to be a criminal. I gave an answer which apparently she hadn't considered. I told her there were literally millions of people in this country who wanted but could not have children and who waited eagerly, sometimes for years, to adopt the baby she had described. Ronald Reagan girlbabycountry I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though sometime back they may have entered illegally. Ronald Reagan rootsbelieveideas The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Ronald Reagan governmentninehelping