Ronald Reagan

“You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.”

“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.”

“Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.”

“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”

“One picture is worth 1,000 denials.”

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

“Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.”

“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.”

“It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.”

“Man is not free unless government is limited.”

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

“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!”

“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.”

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

“The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”

“Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”

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

“Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

“Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.”

“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”

“Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.”

“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.”

“It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.”

“We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.”