Quotes

Reagan on Democracy

“We must always remember that on our shoulders rests the responsibility of our country's future.”

September 12, 1983

“We must always remember that on our shoulders rests the responsibility of our country's future. In less free societies, the burden rests only on the head of state. The freedom to enjoy places a heavy burden on all of us, in and out of government. Together we've overcome an economic threat that could well have destroyed the America that we know and love. The signs suggest that we're over the hump, but as is engraved on our National Archives building, 'Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.'”

— Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Towns and Townships