"Today it is difficult to find leaders..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.
More by Ronald Reagan
“We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.”
“We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our government has no power except that granted to it by the people It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.”
“Everywhere we go, Nancy makes the world a little better.”
More on Leadership
“You don't take it personally. You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government.”
“My particular worries on any given day - how I'm doing in the polls or what somebody is saying about me... for good or for ill - isn't particularly relevant. What is relevant is: What am I building that lasts?”
“We deserve a president with the knowledge and experience to reassure a nation weary of tweets, lies, and incompetence. And we deserve a president who speaks to the best of who we are and challenges us to live up to our ideals.”
More on Government
“If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.”
“Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.”
“Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice.”