Ronald Reagan "Tear Down this Wall" Speech - This speech
by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin contains one
of the most memorable lines spoken during his presidency..
Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
A people free to choose will always choose peace.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals
of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free
men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do
not have.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for
conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action
is required to preserve our national security, we will act.
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority,
and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being
carried out.
Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle
conflict by peaceful means.
People do not make wars; governments do.
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you
lose yours.
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats
believe every day is April 15.
The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short
phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And
if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by
his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped
worrying.
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along
with a better mouse.
We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer
to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be
prepared, so we will always be free.
