As government expands, liberty contracts.
RONALD REAGANToday, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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No, I’m just a man committed to great ideas.
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We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
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We think there is a parallel between the Federal involvement in education and the decline in quality over recent years.
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If there’s one observation that rings true in today’s changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.
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Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.
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The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.
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If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.
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If you’re explaining, you’re losing.
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There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
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A people free to choose will always choose peace.
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America is too great for small dreams.
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Trust, but verify.
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Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.
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Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver 5 minutes longer.
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Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.
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Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
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There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.
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The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.
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Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
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Here you discover that so long as books are kept open, then minds can never be closed.
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Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
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Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
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Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
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