“The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.” — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We are going to put an end to the notion that the American taxpayer exists to fund the Federal Government. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting no. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
What has happened to the dreams of the United Nations' founders? What has happened to the spirit which created the United Nations?… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above… — 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
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
Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
My belief has always been... that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of… — 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
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
Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
This is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The NRA believes America's laws were made to be obeyed and that our Constitutional liberties are just as important today as 200… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In 1992, the federal Government actually issued more work authorizations to immigrants and temporary foreign workers than the net number of new… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor. — 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
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