Quotes

Reagan on America, Democracy, and Free Enterprise

“I ask you to trust yourselves. That's what America is all about.”

July 27, 1981

“I've not taken your time this evening merely to ask you to trust me. Instead, I ask you to trust yourselves. That's what America is all about. Our struggle for nationhood, our unrelenting fight for freedom, our very existence -- these have all rested on the assurance that you must be free to shape your life as you are best able to, that no one can stop you from reaching higher or take from you the creativity that has made America the envy of mankind.”

— Address to the Nation on Federal Tax Reduction Legislation