Quotes

Reagan on Democracy

“And the answer is so simple that it almost escapes you. And yet it is so great that it explains the whole difference: three words -- 'We the People'.”

September 10, 1987

“I've read a number of constitutions of other countries, including that of the Soviet Union, and was astonished to find guarantee of freedom of expression and assembly and so forth in all of those. And you find yourself thinking, well, then, what makes ours so different? Why does ours work the way it does? And the answer is so simple that it almost escapes you. And yet it is so great that it explains the whole difference: three words -- 'We the People'.”

— Remarks to the Winners of the Bicentennial of the Constitution Essay Competition