The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.

Rooster, maybe well crows, but the eggs still bears the chicken.

I am not a compromiser on fundamentals.

Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

There is no week, nor day, nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme confidence in themselves, and lose their roughness and spirit of defiance. Tyranny may always enter—there is no charm or bar against it.

When others spoke of the fear of war, you spoke of the need for warriors and peace through strength. When others bewailed the failure of big government to provide for the collective good, you spoke of self-reliance, of personal responsibility, of individual pride and integrity. When others preached compromise - when others demanded compromise, you, Ronald Reagan, preached conviction.