Ronald Reagan

"The economic argument for freedom is that it works. The moral argument is that it is right."

"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been to divide the citizens against each other on the basis of class or race."

"I more fear what is kept from the American people than what is revealed to them."

"Just as the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College to prevent the masses from directly selecting the president, so too did they create the Senate to prevent the masses from directly selecting senators."

"There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit."

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things."

"We have the duty to protect the life and liberty of our citizens while preserving the foundation of freedom for future generations."

"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in.'"

"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."

"Concentrate on what you do best and delegate the rest."

"There is no limit to what a man can accomplish if he does not care who gets the credit."

"Live simply so that others may simply live."

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"Nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse."

"A friend is someone who shares your values and stands with you through difficulties."

"For the resources of this rich nation to be available to build a better world without war is a noble purpose."

"We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, bigger house. We should try to teach them values."

"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man."

"We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to them their own."

"I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will eventually triumph."

"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."

"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave."

"Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience."

"Man is not free unless government is limited; even the greatest nation must keep government under control."

"Trees are the answer to so many of our environmental problems, we should be planting more of them."

"An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself."