Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. — 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
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
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
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 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
“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
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Shouldn't someone tag Mr. Kennedy's bold new imaginative program with its proper age? Under the tousled boyish haircut is still old Karl… — 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
The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.… — 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
If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. — 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
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
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 think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody. — 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
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
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. — 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
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
