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| | *"If you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here, to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." —Speech at the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3638320/</ref> | | *"If you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here, to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." —Speech at the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3638320/</ref> |
| | *"...I know it's hard when you're up to your armpits in alligators to remember you came here to drain the swamp." - February 10, 1982 | | *"...I know it's hard when you're up to your armpits in alligators to remember you came here to drain the swamp." - February 10, 1982 |
| − | *"There is no question that we have failed to live up to the dreams of the [[founding fathers]] many times and in many places. Sometimes we do better than others. But all in all, the one thing we must be on guard against is thinking that because of this, the system has failed. The system has not failed. Some human beings have failed the system." - June 21, 1973 | + | *"There is no question that we have failed to live up to the dreams of the [[Founding Fathers]] many times and in many places. Sometimes we do better than others. But all in all, the one thing we must be on guard against is thinking that because of this, the system has failed. The system has not failed. Some human beings have failed the system." - June 21, 1973 |
| | *"The work of volunteer groups throughout our country represents the very heart and soul of America. They have helped make this the most compassionate, generous, and humane society that ever existed on the face of this earth." - Oct. 16, 1973 | | *"The work of volunteer groups throughout our country represents the very heart and soul of America. They have helped make this the most compassionate, generous, and humane society that ever existed on the face of this earth." - Oct. 16, 1973 |
| − | *"In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about." - August 17, 1992<ref>http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/quotes/default.asp</ref> | + | *"In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about." (August 17, 1992_<ref>http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/quotes/default.asp</ref> |
| | *"It is freedom itself that still hangs in the balance, and freedom is never more than one generation from extinction." - Commencement address to The Citadel, 1993 | | *"It is freedom itself that still hangs in the balance, and freedom is never more than one generation from extinction." - Commencement address to The Citadel, 1993 |
| − | *"I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -NYTimes, September 22, 1980 | + | *"I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born."<ref>New York Times, September 22, 1980</ref> |
| | *"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.” | | *"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.” |
| − | *"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under" <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=eC9fM42OE9MC&pg=PA337&dq=If+we+ever+forget+that+we+are+One+Nation+Under+God,+then+we+will+be+a+nation+gone+under&ei=JPUfSsLOKp6EzgTKnIygDw#PPA333,M1 Faith and the presidency P.333]by Gary Scott Smith</ref> | + | *"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under" (Aug. 23, 1984)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=RA1-PA373&dq=%22ever+forget+that+we+are+One+Nation+Under+God%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES William J. Federer, ed. ''Treasury of Presidential Quotations'' p 373</ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |