R.D. Ronald Quotes

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.

The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray

Presidents come and go. History comes and goes, but principles endure.

The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant demeans and humiliates him.

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.

In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.

In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.

One thing evangelicals want is a reprieve from intolerance against their beliefs, values, and practices.

Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives.

For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of free people under God

Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it would.

A socialist is someone who has read Lenin and Marx. An anti-socialist is someone who understands Lenin and Marx.

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

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research.

There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around.

I don't have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are reminded that liberty is a rare commodity in this world.

They [The Soviet Union] are the focus of evil in the modern world.

Natural selection is not evolution.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

Well, I think there has to be some (gun) control.

I have always thought of government as a kind of organism with an insatiable appetite for money, whose natural state is to grow forever unless you do something to starve it.

Piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.

Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

There are no degrees of honesty.

Government Steals from the needy and gives to the greedy

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

AB=1/4((A+B)^2-(A-B)^2) is an amazing identity, and unfortunately, I have to remind my current students how to prove it.

Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

I want to talk about political and economic fairy tales.

I do not want to go back to the past; I want to go back to the past way of facing the future.

I hate when people ask me to: "Massage the data".

We now know that inflation results from all that deficit spending.

Ronnie had it right calling it Torture. That is a much more accurate description the way I see it.

Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly.

No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.

If it takes a bloodbath now let's get it over with.

The District of Columbia is one gigantic ear.

The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

In this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is.

Our moral imperative is to work with all our powers for that day when the children of the world grow up without the fear of nuclear war.

If you think you can - you can!

We know that this mad dog of the Middle East has a goal of a world revolution. (On Muammar Qaddafi of Libya)