Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
— Ronald Reagan
How can a president not be an actor?
People do not make wars; governments do.
I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
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. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.
Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.
It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Facts are stubborn things.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.
Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
