Ronald Reagan

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Trust but verify.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

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.

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

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

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

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.

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

Life is one grand sweet song, so start the music.

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

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.

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.

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.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared so we will always be free.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race, we kept them free, we kept the faith.