10 Quotes about Politics by Ronald Reagan (Free list)

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Ronald Reagan quotes about politics

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

— Ronald Reagan


Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.

— Ronald Reagan


I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.

— Ronald Reagan


Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

— Ronald Reagan


A people free to choose will always choose peace.

— Ronald Reagan


If politics were a musical, it would be “Promises, Promises”.

— Ronald Reagan


As government expands, liberty contracts.

— Ronald Reagan


How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

— Ronald Reagan


I’ve never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a ‘fat cat’ and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a ‘public-spirited philanthropist’.

— Ronald Reagan


Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?

— Ronald Reagan


Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

— Ronald Reagan