One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Those who advocate more and more government regulation have been experimenting for 40 years, trying to create an economic system in which… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Shouldn't someone tag Mr. Kennedy's bold new imaginative program with its proper age? Under the tousled boyish haircut is still old Karl… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We are for aiding our allies by sharing of our material blessings with those nations which share in our fundamental beliefs, but… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've always believed that this blessed land was set apart in a special way, that some divine plan placed this great continent… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I'm sure everyone feels sorry for the individual who has fallen by the wayside or who can't keep up in our competitive… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Either you will control your government, or government will control you. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
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… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share
