Quotes

Reagan on America, Democracy, and Free Enterprise

“It's the might and wisdom of a free people in a free land.”

November 30, 1987

“America is strong, stronger than the critics think. But then, for more than 200 years, when you've added things up that's the answer you've come up with. There is a power in America that has always seemed to surprise the critics and to carry our nation through, even when we in Washington stumbled. It's a power that comes not from government, but from towns and farms, from neighborhoods, schools, and churches all over America. It's the might and wisdom of a free people in a free land.”

— Remarks to Local Business Leaders at a White House Briefing on Deficit Reduction