Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When the Commander-in-Chief of a nation finds it necessary to order employees of the government or agencies of the government to do… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We developed at the local school district level probably the best public school system in the world. Or it was until the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let me make our goal in this program very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Our policy has been and will… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our system freed the individual genius of man. Released him to fly as high & as far as his own talent &… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Going around this country, I have found a great hunger in America for spiritual revival; for a belief that law must be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The doctor begins to lose freedoms; it's like telling a lie, and one leads to another. First you decide that the doctor… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let me make our goal . . . very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs . . . . Our policy… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We don't need more politicians insisting we have deficits because you're not taxed enough. Those deficits ballooned from an economy that didn't… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Were not cutting the budget simply for the sake of sounder financial management. This is only a first step toward returning power… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America's view of apartheid is simple and straightforward: We believe it is wrong. We condemn it. And we are united in hoping… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal miner or assembly-line worker jumps at the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
'Trust-me' government asks that we concentrate our hopes and dreams on one man, that we trust him to do what's best for… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Every dollar the Federal Government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us will make our economy… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
History comes and history goes, but principles endure, and ensure future generations will defend liberty not as a gift from government but… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It doesn't require expropriation or confiscation of private property or business to impose socialism on a people. What does it mean whether… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Dreams became issues of East versus West. Hopes became political rhetoric. Progress became a search for power and domination. Somewhere the truth… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children;… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The American people aren't overtaxed. The government in Washington is overfed. The main difference between ourselves and the other side is: we… — 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
