Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, "What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power." But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector. |
Putting people first has always been America's secret weapon. It's the way we've kept the spirit of our revolutions alive -- a spirit that drives us to dream and dare, and take great risks for a greater good. |
Reagan is indisputably a part of America, and he may become a part of American history. |
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. |
Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root. |
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15. |
Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2005. |
Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot. The damn thing is I've never felt better in my life. |
So in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride -- the temptation blithely to declare 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, good and evil. |
So the ... the helm is right here. And that means right in this chair for now, constitutionally, until the vice president gets here. |
Some may try and tell us that this is the end of an era. But what they overlook is that in America, every day is a new beginning, and every sunset is merely the latest milestone on a voyage that never ends. For this is the land that has never become, but is always in the act of becoming. Emerson was right: America is the land of tomorrow. |
Some of you may remember that in my early days, I was sort of a bleeding heart liberal. Then I became a man and put away childish ways. |
Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking [and] now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage. |
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. |
Some spend their entire lives wondering if they have made a difference in this world. The Marines don't have that problem. |