Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
RONALD REAGANGovernment’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.
More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
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Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
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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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There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
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If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
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Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.
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I didn’t leave the Democratic party, the Democratic Party left me.
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No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
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Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
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Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.
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They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.
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Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
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Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
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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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