Ronald Reagan

“We are never defeated unless we give up on God.”

“Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.”

“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”

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

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

“Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'”

“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”

“You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.”

“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.”

“If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.”

“Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.”

“Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.”

“Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

“Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”

“Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.”

“One picture is worth 1,000 denials.”

“You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.”