R.D. Ronald Quotes
Revolution means democracy in today's world, not the enslavement of peoples to the corrupt and degrading horrors of totalitarianism
. . . I hope that when you're my age, you'll be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom, we lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?
When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.
If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.
We have the means to change the laws we find unjust or onerous. We cannot, as citizens, pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.
Balancing your budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn when to say no.
I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?
Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
A socialist is someone who has read Lenin and Marx. An anti-socialist is someone who understands Lenin and Marx.
Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it would.
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
Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives.
One thing evangelicals want is a reprieve from intolerance against their beliefs, values, and practices.
In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.
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.
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.
If you can do something to get somebody excited - not everybody - but if you can be the best for somebody, then you can win.
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.
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.
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.
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.
Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.
The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.
If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.
