Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
We know that this mad dog of the Middle East has a goal of a world revolution. (On Muammar Qaddafi of Libya)
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.
If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else.
For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ.
Margaret Thatcher - this great lady has not only served her country well, she has served the free world well.
No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
The great dynamic success of capitalism had given us a powerful weapon in our battle against Communism-money.
There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom.
The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it.
That's the nice thing about this job. You get to quote yourself shamelessly. If you don't, Larry Speakes will.
With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
There are only two things that the liberals don't understand: the things that change and the things that don't.
Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.
There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.
We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.
Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it would.
As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it.
What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists.
What we don't need is more spending, and what we don't need are taxes, and what we do need is a lot less of both.
The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.
I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow)
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
Medicare will usher in federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have know it in this country.
America is the moral force that defeated communism and all those who would put the human soul itself into bondage.
People who think a tax boost will cure inflation are the same ones who believe another drink will cure a hangover.
I like photographers - you don't ask questions. (To a gathering of the White House News Photographers Association)
We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.
Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock.
Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.
A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.
If our planes were shot down, yes, they's wake me right away. If the other fellows' were shot down, why wake me up?
If a tax hike makes it to my desk, I'll veto it in less time than it takes Vanna White to turn the letters V-E-T-O!
The victims of crime have been transformed into a group oppressively burdened by a system designed to protect them.
It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!
Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border.
We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?
The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it.
They've done away with those committees. That shows the success of what the Soviets were able to do in this country.
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth.
There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.
There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
The White House is the leakiest place I've ever been in. (On special measures to ensure secrecy of plans to bomb Libya)
We can meet our destiny, and that destiny to build a land here that will be, for all mankind, a shining city on a hill.
Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.