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Government Quotes by Ronald Reagan

202 Government quotes by Ronald Reagan

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Reagan argues that fairness means not raising taxes on families that struggle to pay bills. He criticizes politicians who claim experience, calls wasteful programs a problem, and labels the phrase “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help” as terrifying. The quotes also suggest government should act like an entrepreneur and work with ordinary people.

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Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

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I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar.

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I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.

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Man is not free unless government is limited.

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If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

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I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service.

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As government expands, liberty contracts.

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My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government.

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The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

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The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

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Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

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The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve…

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Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

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Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to…

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If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.

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Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly.

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For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the…

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Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.

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I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect…

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Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document…

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We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not…

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The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it…

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The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to…

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Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the…

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Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a…

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The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.…

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Isn't our choice really not one of left or right, but of up or down? Down through the welfare state to statism,…

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We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We…

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I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government…

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I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer, just as liberalism is…

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[Our goal] is to help revive America's traditional values: faith, family, neighborhood, work and freedom. Government has no business enforcing these values…

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Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career…

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“Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people of all beliefs.…

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No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

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We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.

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I know I'm not in government anymore. In fact I'm out of work.

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The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

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Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

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One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

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Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

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Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation…

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You…

Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.

The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in…

Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be…

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Where there's liberty, art succeeds.

Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.…

A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the…

On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the responsibilitie s and joys of fatherhood. Whether our…

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.