We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
RONALD REAGANAll great change in America begins at the dinner table.
More Ronald Reagan Quotes
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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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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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You can’t tax business. Business doesn’t pay taxes. It collects taxes.
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They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.
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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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Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in.
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Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.
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If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.
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We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
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Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
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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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We think there is a parallel between the Federal involvement in education and the decline in quality over recent years.
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A picture is worth 1,000 denials.
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I didn’t leave the Democratic party, the Democratic Party left me.
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