God had a divine purpose in placing this land between two great oceans to be found by those who had a special love of freedom and courage.
Ronald Reagan
- Life
- 1911-2004
- Occupations
- television actor, film actor, politician
- Notable works
- Tear down this wall!
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), as of 2026-07-09
'There you go again' -- four words, delivered with an actor's timing in the 1980 debate against Jimmy Carter -- did as much for Reagan as any policy speech, and he reprised it for laughs for the rest of his career. 'Government is the problem' is the 1981 First Inaugural, and the qualifier usually dropped from it -- 'In this present crisis' -- is right there in the full quote on this page. A former actor's archive is unusually clean: most Reagan lines exist on tape.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.
Ronald Reagan
I recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.
Ronald Reagan
I used to say that Politics is the second oldest profession, but I have come to realize that it bears a gross similarity to the first.
Ronald Reagan
There you go again.
Ronald Reagan
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald Reagan