Ronald Reagan

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, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

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.

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

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.

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!

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

Government does not solve problems it subsidizes them.

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

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

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.