The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald ReaganWithout God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald ReaganI know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Ronald ReaganYet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the Baltic to Varna on the Black Sea, the regimes planted by totalitarianism have had more than 30 years to establish their legitimacy. But none - not one regime - has yet been able to risk free elections. Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.
Ronald Reagan