Quotes

Reagan on Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Prayer

“Experience teaches us that the best check against tyranny is a government of the people in which leaders are elected in fair and open balloting and where the government's powers are subject to constitutional limitations.”

December 10, 1985

“Experience teaches us that the best check against tyranny is a government of the people in which leaders are elected in fair and open balloting and where the government's powers are subject to constitutional limitations. We pray that one day all nations of the earth may share with us the joys and rewards of living in free societies, and we resolve not to rest from our labors until the most noble longings of the human spirit, those for freedom of belief and expression, are fully realized.”

— Remarks on Signing the Bill of Rights Day and the Human Rights Day and Week Proclamation