Isn't our choice really not one of left or right, but of up or down? Down through the welfare state to statism,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career… — 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
I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting no. — 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
Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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
Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an ever-increasing degree interferes with the people's right… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect… — 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
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
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
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
...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 system freed the individual genius of man. Released him to fly as high & as far as his own talent &… — 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 thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm… — 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
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
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
