Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
RONALD REAGANGovernments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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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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Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
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I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I’m in a cabinet meeting.
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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.
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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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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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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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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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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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If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.
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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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Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver 5 minutes longer.
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I’ve heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?
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The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.
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