Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.
Ronald ReaganThe person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally - not a 20 percent traitor.
Ronald ReaganExtreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite.
Ronald ReaganI do not feel betrayed. ... He has a fine record. He is a national hero. (On Oliver L North's work)
Ronald ReaganThis is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of a compassionate welfare program to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. Far from it. But it is to say that our duty is to foster a strong, vibrant wealth-producing economy which operates in such a way that new additions to wealth accrue to those who presently have little or no ownership stake in their country.
Ronald Reagan