Ronald Reagan

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

"The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave."

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."

"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music."

"America is too great for small dreams."

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under."

"I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life."

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

"I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."

"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'."

"There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

"I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?"

"We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."