Government Quotes by Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

As government expands, liberty contracts.

— Ronald Reagan

Man is not free unless government is limited.

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy.

— Ronald Reagan

The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.

— Ronald Reagan

The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

— Ronald Reagan

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

— Ronald Reagan

The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty…

— Ronald Reagan

We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending…

— Ronald Reagan

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development.

— Ronald Reagan

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

— Ronald Reagan

...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

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

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

Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government limited, unintrusive; a system of constraints on…

— Ronald Reagan

People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government…

— Ronald Reagan

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

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

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

Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God,…

— Ronald Reagan

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

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

Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In…

— Ronald Reagan

Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals…

— Ronald Reagan

f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer…

— Ronald Reagan

We are for aiding our allies by sharing of our material blessings with those nations which share in our fundamental beliefs, but…

— Ronald Reagan

I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers...…

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Ronald Reagan

People don't start wars, governments do.

— Ronald Reagan

This administration is totally colorblind.

— Ronald Reagan

I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.

— Ronald Reagan

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

— Ronald Reagan

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

— Ronald Reagan

I don't have too much time for fiction.

— Ronald Reagan