We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the problem. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of the entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that the 22nd Amendment [limiting the presidency to two terms] was a mistake. Shouldn't the people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20% of the people's income, there begins to be a lack… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and… — 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
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
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words:… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You know, it was only a generation ago that actors couldn't be buried in the churchyard. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom... — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government… — 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