Ronald Reagan

"There are always possibilities to do things better."

"The most dangerous janitor in the building is the one who knows where all the bodies are buried."

"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our minds what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose."

"We are a nation of pastors and teachers, farmers and shopkeepers."

"I've been told I have a so-called 'Teflon' quality, where nothing sticks to me."

"Some people have forgotten how to live within their means."

"We stand together as one family."

"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."

"In the Soviet system, only the people serve the state. Theirs is a gray world, gray with the grayness of the human spirit under a tyranny."

"How do you know you're an actor? When you finally realize you're in a role even when you leave the theater."

"Détente sounds like we're backing away from the conflict. What we really need is to advance our position."

"Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."

"It's not that our liberal friends are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so."

"I notice that it is not usually the man who wants to take advantage of the aged pensioner that lets on his wife is a former Miss Universe."

"I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in one so small that my mind could comprehend it."

"I have left orders on my desk that I want someone to pray for me to the God that I know and love, but lay me in the most luxurious coffin you can find."

"We are a nation that has a government, not the other way around."

"No weapon has ever settled a dispute between free peoples."

"The reality is that we must find our way back to accepting the responsibility that comes with freedom."

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

"Concentrated power is the enemy of freedom."

"The greatest victories often come just before what looks like certain defeat."

"I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."

"There is no greater wealth in the world than the friendship and love of neighbors."

"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid."

"I believe with all my heart that believing is very important."

"In the eyes of people in darkened lands, America stands as the last best hope of man on earth."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."

"The greatest human achievement is the liberation of thought."

"I believe in the resurrection, not just of Christ, but eventually of all mankind."