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

Quote by Ronald Reagan

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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you...

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you...

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our...

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our...

The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they...

The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they...

What makes him think a middle aged actor [Clint Eastwood], who's played with a chimp,...

What makes him think a middle aged actor [Clint Eastwood], who's played with a chimp,...

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day...

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day...

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to...

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to...

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

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

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to...

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to...

I'm not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

I'm not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal...

The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal...

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence,...

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence,...

You know, if I listened to him [Michael Dukakis] long enough, I would be convinced...

You know, if I listened to him [Michael Dukakis] long enough, I would be convinced...

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually,...

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually,...

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to...

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to...

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, What greater service we could render...

Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, What greater service we could render...

Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form...

Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...