Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
RONALD REAGANProtecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.
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It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.
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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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The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.
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I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.
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Please tell me you’re Republicans.
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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
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Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
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If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
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A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
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Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
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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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With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.
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Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.
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While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
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