"I didn't leave the Democratic party; the..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan

“Through the history of our nation, Americans have always extended their hands in gestures of assistance.”

“I usually never walk by a microphone.”

“Facts are stupid things — stubborn things, I should say.”

“No matter how deeply wedded one may be to the free enterprise system (and I, for one, am wedded for life), one has to accept the need for positive government; one has to consider government action on a sizable scale as desirable rather than as a necessary evil.”

“If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.”

“All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.”

“There isn't any finer folks living than a Republican that votes the Democratic ticket.”

“People need to remember we are the governing party because we have diversity of opinion in our party. We're not pure. We have moderates and we have more progressives.”

“You know the more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. My only solution would be to keep em both out one term and hire my good friend Henry Ford to run the whole thing, and give him a commission on what he saves us.”