The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations Quotes

“Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“If history teaches us anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond is limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is responsible for his actions.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. I am convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: a better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority. Very simply, they want to be left alone in peace and safety to take care of the family by earning an honest dollar and putting away some savings. This may not sound too exciting, but there is something magnificent about it. On the farm, on the street corner, in the factory, and in the kitchen, millions of us ask nothing more, but certainly nothing less, than to live our own lives according to our values--at peace with ourselves, our neighbors, and the world.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations

“I've spoken of the shining city all my political life. And how stands the city on this winter night? After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true to the granite ridge, and her glow has held, no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.”
― Ronald Reagan, The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations