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Ronald Reagan

President: 1981-1989
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"A government bureau is the closest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth."


"A taxpayer is someone who works for the federal government but who doesn't have to take a civil service examination."


"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty."


"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."


"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."


"Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid."


"Government is not the solution to the problem. Government IS the problem."


"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."

"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."


"How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."


"I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered that we were threatened by a greater power from outer space from another planet--wouldn't we all of a sudden find that we didn't have any differences between us at all?"


"No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."


"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere. "


"The government is not the solution, the government is the problem."


"The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern."


"There is nothing wrong with America that together we can't fix."


"There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits on the human capacity for intelligence, imagination and wonder."


"Trust, but verify."



"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."


"Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. "


"Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face."