Ronald Reagan

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

They say hard work never hurt anybody but I figure why take the chance.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

If we love our country we should also love our countrymen.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

God's miracles are to be found in nature itself the wind and waves the wood that becomes a tree - all of these are explained biologically but behind them is the hand of God.

Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace.

Money can't buy happiness but it will certainly get you a better class of memories.

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Double-no triple-our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Trees, how many of 'em do we need to look at?