Top 25 Famous Ronald Reagan Quotes

Ronald Reagan

The Fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan was dubbed “The Great Communicator.” He has been credited with restoring optimism to the American people and being instrumental in the 1991 downfall of the Soviet Union. Prior to his presidency, before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader.

Reagan was known for his ability to convey ideas in a persuasive and well- delivered speaking style. He shifted from an early Democratic Party affiliation and moved into Republican politics. During his presidency, he sustained an adversarial approach to the USSR.

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Reagan made the abolition of communism and the implementation of supply-side economics the primary focus of his time in office. Throughout the duration of his term as president, Reagan was committed to the ideologies of democratic capitalism.

He departed from office immensely popular, and of Americans polled, 87 percent chose Ronald Reagan as one of the most popular U.S. presidents. On June 5, 2004, he died at home. Here are our Top 25 Famous Ronald Reagan Quotes for you.

Top 25 Famous Ronald Reagan Quotes

Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.

You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating JELLY BEANS.

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

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them.

GOVERNMENT DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS. IT SUBSIDIZES THEM.

I don’t pay much attention to critics. The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who can, and those who criticize.

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

America is too great for small dreams.

AMERICA IS TOO GREAT FOR SMALL DREAMS.

What should happen when you make a mistake is this: you take your knocks, you learn your lessons, and then you move on.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

I’m convinced, more than ever, that man finds liberation only when he binds himself to God and commits himself to his fellow man.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

LIFE IS ONE GRAND, SWEET SONG, SO START THE MUSIC.

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

To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

They say the world has become too complex for SIMPLE answers. They are wrong.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

We're too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams.

WE'RE TOO GREAT A NATION TO LIMIT OURSELVES TO SMALL DREAMS.

Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

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

Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO SEE WHAT YOU SEE.