Our whole system of government is based on We the people, but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we have no right to bellyache or squawk when things go wrong.

Quote by Ronald Reagan

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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...

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

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...

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

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

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America...

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America...

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons,...

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons,...

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for...

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for...

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...

We will never forget them nor the last time we saw them this morning as...

We will never forget them nor the last time we saw them this morning as...

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no...

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no...

It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make...

It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make...

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits...

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits...

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...

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government...

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government...

They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.

They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive....

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive....

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so...

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so...

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!