Ronald Reagan

"The most important form of freedom is freedom to think and speak as your conscience dictates."

"Personnel is policy—the people you surround yourself with will shape everything you accomplish."

"Let's be honest about what unites us. We're all Americans, and that's what matters most."

"Youth must be served—but not hand and foot. They must learn responsibility through work."

"The greatest threat to world peace is a military that cannot defend itself."

"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy is being carried out."

"There's no argument over the course of the river—but the wind is blowing in a new direction."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and the willingness to defend it."

"Before you can help people, you must make sure that government is organized efficiently and serves the people."

"Abortion is advocating a position that doesn't acknowledge the position of an unborn person as a person."

"Whatever God's delays, His work is never behind schedule."

"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."

"The most terrifying thing anyone can say is: I'm from the media and I'm here to help."

"A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation."

"We're in greater danger from those who would take freedom away than from any external enemy."

"The attempt to live without God is the attempt to live without truth."

"Well, the thing that I have to say is that as president I did not have time to think about drama or anything like that."

"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

"Let's stop expecting government to do things for us and recognize what we can do for ourselves."

"I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: freedom."

"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them past some of our modern committees."

"The greatest power on earth is the power of an idea whose time has come."

"Faith is not something to be ashamed of; it's the foundation of a good life."

"Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity when we could be helping the truly poor?"

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: if it moves, tax it; if it keeps moving, regulate it."

"We need to reawaken the American spirit of innovation, self-reliance, and entrepreneurship."

"The greatest achievers in history have been those who dreamed boldly and worked tirelessly."

"A people free to choose will always choose peace."

"Well, I would—if I'd ever felt that the real Reagan had to be there, I would have felt like I was doing a disservice to the character."

"Marxism is now the only respectable form of bigotry in academic circles."