Ronald Reagan

“America is a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere.”

“I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”

“There you go again.”

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

“Trust, but verify.”

“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”

“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”

“There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.”

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

“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.”

“Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.”

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

“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”

“Facts are stubborn things.”

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

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

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”

“I did not leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.”

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.”