Ronald Reagan

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

My philosophy in life is this: 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.

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

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

I went to the Bach Choir concert and heard Mozart’s Requiem. I did not rise warmly to it. Then I heard an extract from Parsifal which I disliked very much. If Bach wriggles, Wagner writhes…

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.

Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.

Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed, of the future to the present moment.

Only the traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.