The quotations of

Ronald Reagan

40th President of the United States

1911–2004

77 quotes, most often on Government, Freedom and Economics. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.
A Time for Choosing (1964)
- America
- Freedom
Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way.
While signing the Bill Providing Restitution for the Wartime Internment of Japanese-American Civilians, quoting himself at the funeral of Kazuo Masuda in December 1945 (10 August 1988)
- America
Once you begin a great movement, there’s no telling where it will end. We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world.
Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address (1989)
- Change
I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and that there is purpose and worth to each and every life.
Dedication of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (1991)
- Good & Evil
Cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity.
Address to United Nations General Assembly (21 September 1987)
- War & Peace
The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted. It belongs to the brave.
Space Shuttle “Challenger” Address (1986)
- Courage
I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.
Speech threatening to veto legislation raising taxes (13 March 1985)
- Clever Jabs
- Politics
I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited.
Farewell Address (1989)
- Freedom
- Government
Well I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — America’s best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead.
Republican National Convention (17 August 1992)
- America
- Hope
For freedom is not the property of one generation; it’s the obligation of this and every generation. It’s our duty to protect it and expand it and pass it undiminished to those still unborn.
Final speech as President (1989)
- Freedom
- Responsibility
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.
“A Time for Choosing”, televised address for Barry Goldwater (27 October 1964)
- America
- Freedom
We believed then and now there are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams.
Ronald Reagan’s Second Inaugural Address (1985)
- Freedom
- Motivation & Goals
It is the American sound. It is hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair. That’s our heritage; that is our song.
Ronald Reagan’s Second Inaugural Address (1985)
- America
- Patriotism
I urge you to beware the temptation of pride⁠—the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.
The Evil Empire (1983)
- Good & Evil
- War & Peace
Let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the Earth, they are the focus of evil in the modern world.
The Evil Empire (1983)
- Good & Evil
- Government

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