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Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them.

Ronald Reagan

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.
RONALD REAGAN

Economic Government Politics Tax
As government expands, liberty contracts.
RONALD REAGAN

Contract Government Liberty One Liner Politics
Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.
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Heaven Hell Need Place Social Work
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
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Earth Escape Freedom Lose Place Stand
Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in.
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Mess Status
Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.
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Insurance Unemployment Vacation
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.
RONALD REAGAN

Atheist Believe Cook Dinner
I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.
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Abortion Born Notice
They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.
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Chance Figure Government Hurt President Work Hard
Never let the things you can’t do, stop you from doing what you can.
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Encouragement Inspirational Stop
Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
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Duty Government Live People Protection Run
While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
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Country Future Inspirational Live Past
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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Friendship Ignorance Liberty Trouble
Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit.
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Ignorance Man Social Spirit
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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Civil Examination Government Service Tax
Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.
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Beyond Generation Opportunity Shoulder

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