Ronald Reagan

“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.”

“The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.”

“We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won”

“One picture is worth 1,000 denials.”

“Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet.”

“Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birthright of the few, it is the God-given right of all His children, in every country. It won't come by conquest. It will come, because freedom is right and freedom works. It will come, because cooperation and good will among free people will carry the day.”

“I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.”

“Poland is not East or West. Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mightily to that civilization. It is doing so today by being magnificently unreconciled to oppression.”

“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.”

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

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

“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.”

“Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.”

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

“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”

“Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.”

“The miracle of life is given by One greater than ourselves, but once given, each life is ours to nurture and preserve, to foster, not only for today's world but for a better one to come. There is no purpose more noble than for us to sustain and celebrate life in a turbulent world, and that is what we must do now. We have no higher duty, no greater cause as humans. Life and the preservation of freedom to live it in dignity is what we are on this Earth to do. Everything we work to achieve must seek that end so that some day our prime ministers, our premiers, our presidents, and our general secretaries will talk not of war and peace, but only of peace.”

“We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.”

“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.”

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