Ronald Reagan Govt Quotes & Sayings

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. — Socrates

It takes extraordinary wisdom and self-control to accept that many things have a logic we do not understand that is smarter than our own. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I'm very well known in the industry and relatively well known by people who are aficionados and what not, but outside of that - no. — Ben Mendelsohn

A tiny architect works inside the human heart drawing sketches of the ideal love from the people it sees, from the books it reads, from its hopes and daydreams, in the fond hope that the eye may one day see the ideal and the hand touch it. Life becomes satisfying the moment the dream is seen walking, and the person appears as the incarnation of all that one loved. The — Fulton J. Sheen

Read this morning of a black family - husband and wife both work in govt. printing office. They live in a nice house near U. of Maryland. They have been harassed and even had a cross burned on their lawn. It was all on the front page of the "Post." I told Mike & Jim I'd like to call on them. We cleared the last part of the afternoon schedule & Nancy & I went calling. They were a very nice couple with a 4 year old daughter - grandma (a most gracious lady) lived with them. Their home was very nice & tastefully furnished. They were very nice about our coming & expressed their thanks. The whole neighborhood was lining the street - most of them cheering and applauding us. I hope we did some good. There is no place in this land for the hate-mongers & bigots. — Ronald Reagan

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation. — Maria Montessori

It's odd to see a black person painting his nails in Miami, especially in the hip-hop community. — SpaceGhostPurrp

Tax increases don't eliminate deficits they increase govt. spending. — Ronald Reagan

Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing. — Mitch Daniels

The Polish people be allowed to have a voice in the kind of govt. they want. Under the Yalta Pact the Soviets agreed they & others would be allowed to do this. The Soviets have never honored that promise. — Ronald Reagan

Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. — Louise Slaughter

Old age is somewhat like dieting. Every day there is less of us to be observed. — Doris Grumbach

It's a very obsessive profession that you need to stay obsessed to get anywhere, and it's very easy for us to get obsessed and then nothing else matters. I was reading Somerset Maugham's novella, Moon and Sixpense, about this artist based on Gauguin's life. It was so beautifully written. You must be first rate because second rate you might not survive. If you're an accountant, you'll survive second rate. If you chance it big, you may not get anywhere. — Joan Chen