Ronald Reagan Quotes

"We don't celebrate dependence day on the Fourth of July. We celebrate Independence Day."
-- Ronald Reagan

"Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence."
-- Ronald Reagan

"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?"
-- Ronald Reagan

"We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth."
-- Ronald Reagan

"As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it, now or ever."
-- Ronald Reagan

"A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."
-- Ronald Reagan

I would add my own take on a modern-day version of the above quote -- replace Jimmy Carter with Barack Hussein Obama.

All quotes taken from Deseret News November 13, 2014