R.D. Ronald Quotes

The victims of crime have been transformed into a group oppressively burdened by a system designed to protect them.

I don't know why anyone would want to study the expansion of the universe.

Government is not the answer to the problem - it IS the problem.

I feel that the whole Western World will benefit by the resurrection of the neutron bomb project.

There is a limit to what you can do in politics.

There is nothing wrong with America that Americans can't fix.

We have to realize that this country in its private sector has been fighting the most successful war on poverty the world has seen for the last 200 years.

Form and Substance are opposite ends of the same coin.

Every dollar the federal government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us, will make our economy stronger, our lives more abundant, our future more free.

There's no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying 'I am an American.'

America is to great to dream small dreams.

The signs of the Vietnam War protestors said "Make Love not War!" It didn't seem to me that they were capable of either.

We don't celebrate dependence day on the Fourth of July. We celebrate Independence Day.

Spending on the military doesn't increase the deficit.

We will never disarm any American who seeks to protect his or her family from fear and harm.

I like photographers - you don't ask questions. (To a gathering of the White House News Photographers Association)

What would this country be without this great land of ours.

These young Americans sent a message to terrorists everywhere. . . . You can run but you can't hide.

Please tell me you're Republicans.

I spoke to ears that refused to hear.

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

I oppose registration for the draft... because I believe the security of freedom can best be achieved by security through freedom.

Through you, we feel as giants, once again.

Our country and state have a special obligation to work toward the stabilization of our own population so as to credibly lead other parts of the world toward population stabilization.

Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it.

You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off.

Are you better off than you were four years ago? One of my favorite quotes Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores ... Is there more or less unemployment?

In this new world economy, national boundaries are increasingly becoming obsolete.

There are simple answers to the nation's problems, but not easy ones.

I like photographers-you don't ask questions.

I told you once that [our marriage] was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed.

I'm spending more time at this library in four days than I did at the Eureka College Library in four years.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. And get a massage - you look really stressed

We seek the elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth.

I notice that everbody who is Pro-Abortion already has been born.

We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow

When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.

If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois.

Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American

Cars don't cause pollution, trees do.

America's best days are yet to come.

Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

Now, I happen to be an optimist.

That's the nice thing about this job. You get to quote yourself shamelessly. If you don't, Larry Speakes will.

My dream is to see the day when nuclear weapons will be banished from the face of the Earth.

For the eight years I was president I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind.

Her many achievements will be appreciated more as time goes on.

How does it feel to be the 's third choice? Humiliating? You could have thrown a dart. That's how close they were. We had so many excellent candidates.