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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Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

People do not make wars; governments do.

People do not make wars; governments do.

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint...

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint...

A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God...

Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God...

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that...

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that...

We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar...

We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar...

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...

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

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...

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have...

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have...

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid...

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government...

Democracy is less a system of government than it is a system to keep government...

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for...

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for...

Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so...

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so...