Ronald Reagan Quotes — Page 29

Politician, Actor

Wise

“History comes and history goes, but principles endure, and ensure future generations will defend liberty not as a gift from government but as a blessing from our Creator.”

Government Liberty Blessing

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Ronald Reagan

Politician, Actor

Philosophical

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

Government States Federal Government

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Philosophical

“Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.”

Government Doe Littles

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Philosophical

“The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector.”

People Government Wealth

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Courageous

“America is the moral force that defeated communism and all those who would put the human soul itself into bondage.”

America Soul Moral

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Philosophical

“Let us remember with devotion that the flag we love and honor is the flag of freedom that flew in victory at Yorktown, the flag the United States Marines raised on Mount Suribachi, the flag Francis Scott Key saw by the dawn's early light. Long may it wave.”

Light Keys Marine

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Courageous

“We've been a free people living under the law, with faith in our Maker and in our future. I've said before that the most sublime picture in American history is of George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. That image personifies a people who know that it's not enough to depend on our own courage and goodness; we must also seek help from God, our Father and Preserver.”

People Law Father

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Angry

“One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with us on just about everything that's come before them, where we're involved, and it didn't upset my breakfast at all.”

Upset Breakfast Communism

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Courageous

“Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals for more government tinkering, more meddling and more control---all of which led us to this state in the first place... We must have the clarity of vision to see the difference between what is essential and what is merely desirable, and then the courage to bring our government back under control and make it acceptable to the people.”

Government Differences Tired

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Optimistic

“We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us two centuries ago in that little hall of Philadelphia. In the days following World War II, when the economic strength and power of America was all that stood between the world and the return to the dark ages, Pope Pius XII said, 'The American people have a great genius for splendid and unselfish actions. Into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of an afflicted mankind.' We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth.”

War Dark Destiny

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Melancholic

“I saw them; there is nothing beautiful about them, just that they are a little higher than the others. Referring to one of the oldest and loveliest groves of redwoods, showing insensitivity to their magnificence.”

Beautiful Littles Tree

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Hopeful

“I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.”

America Dawn Alzheimer

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