Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state. — 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
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
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor. — 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
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
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
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
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
Those who advocate more and more government regulation have been experimenting for 40 years, trying to create an economic system in which… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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
We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a… — 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
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
[Our goal] is to help revive America's traditional values: faith, family, neighborhood, work and freedom. Government has no business enforcing these values… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems. — 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
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