Quotes by Reagan, Ronald




Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 1975). Before entering politics, Reagan was also a broadcaster, film actor, and head of the Screen Actors Guild..

"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!"

Reagan, Ronald on bureaucracy
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"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away."

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"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans."

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"The taxpayer; that's someone who works for the federal government, but doesn't have to take a civil service examination."

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"Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders."

Reagan, Ronald on unemployment
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"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

Reagan, Ronald on war
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"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."

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"It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?"

Reagan, Ronald on work
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"We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent."

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