Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! (Speech near the Berlin Wall, 1987) |
My belief has always been . . . that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation of the federal government -- at point of bayonet if necessary -- to restore that individual's constitutional rights. |
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing will begin in five minutes. - During radio microphone test |
My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes. |
My fellow Americans, there's an old saying that "nothing spreads so quickly as a rumor," so I thought it was time to speak with you directly, to tell you first hand about our dealings with Iran. |
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose -- somehow we win out |
My years in your service will always be very special to me. The inspiration you have given me will burn brightly in my heart long after I have left the lights of the White House behind. |
Nations do not mistrust each other because they are armed; they are armed because they mistrust each other. |
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! |
No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting. |
No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. |
No, I'm just a man committed to great ideas. |
Not everybody aspires to be a bank president or a nuclear scientist, but everybody wants to do something with one's life that will give him pride and a sense of accomplishment. |
Now you hear a lot of jokes about Silent Cal Coolidge, ... but I think that the joke is on the people that make jokes because if you look at his record, he cut the taxes four times. We had probably the greatest growth and prosperity that we've ever known. And I have taken heed of that because if he did nothing, maybe that's the answer [ for ] the Federal Government. |
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. |