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The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
Written by Ronald Reagan
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Written by Ronald Reagan
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Facts are stubborn things.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Written by Ronald Reagan
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.
Written by Ronald Reagan
I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Written by Ronald Reagan
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Written by Ronald Reagan
I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.
Written by Ronald Reagan
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Written by Ronald Reagan
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
Written by Ronald Reagan
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.
Written by Ronald Reagan
You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Written by Ronald Reagan
While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
Written by Ronald Reagan
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
Written by Ronald Reagan
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
Written by Ronald Reagan
It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.
Written by Ronald Reagan
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
Written by Ronald Reagan
We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
Written by Ronald Reagan
We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.
Written by Ronald Reagan
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.
Written by Ronald Reagan
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Written by Ronald Reagan

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