Quotes by Ronald Reagan

Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business. If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.

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.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

If you've seen one Redwood tree, you've seen them all.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

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

That's the nice thing about this job. You get to quote yourself shamelessly. If you don't, Larry Speakes will.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

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