"There's no question I am an idealist,..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan

“When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.”

“We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.”

“What is important is that one strives to achieve a goal.”

“I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.”

“I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?”

“Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him.”

“I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.”

“I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don't know why he chose to write it, but I'm glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in France, but you can't become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Italy, but you can't become a German, an Italian. He went through Turkey, Greece, Japan and other countries. But he said anyone, from any corner of the world, can come to live in the United States and become an American.”

“And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American." That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for.”