“It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”
Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
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Famous Ronald Reagan Quotes
Source: There he goes again: Ronald Reagan's reign of error
“You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.”
“I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.”
“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”
“I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.”
“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”
“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.”
Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.”
“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
“Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.”
“While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.”
Source: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.”
“We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.”
Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.”
Source: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.”
Source: An American Life
Source: There he goes again: Ronald Reagan's reign of error
“Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
“No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.”
Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.”
“Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.”
Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
Source: I goofed: the wise and curious sayings of Ronald Reagan, 33rd Governor of California
Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
Source: I goofed: the wise and curious sayings of Ronald Reagan, 33rd Governor of California
Source: Ronald Reagan
“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”