Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.
Ronald ReaganWe who live in free market societies believe that growth and prosperity, and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.
Ronald ReaganWork and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.
Ronald ReaganGovernment should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.
Ronald ReaganWe must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We do these things to set loose again the energy and the ingenuity of the American people. We do these things to reinvigorate those social and economic institutions which serve as a buffer and a bridge between the individual and the state - and which remain the real source of our progress as a people.
Ronald Reagan