Dawn

“Abraham Lincoln freed the black man. In many ways, Dr. King freed the white man. How did he accomplish this tremendous feat? Where others--white and black--preached hatred, he taught the principles of love and nonviolence. We can be so thankful that Dr. King raised his mighty eloquence for love and hope rather than for hostility and bitterness. He took the tension he found in our nation, a tension of injustice, and channeled it for the good of America and all her people.”
― Ronald Reagan

“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

“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

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