Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
RONALD REAGANTrust, but verify.
More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
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Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
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Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
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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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Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
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Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
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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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We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
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No, I’m just a man committed to great ideas.
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Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
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Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them.
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All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
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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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Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they’re sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive.
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