The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Quote by Ronald Reagan

Topics: Government Quotes

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Poverty is a career for lots of well paid people

Poverty is a career for lots of well paid people

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws...

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws...

You can tell a lot about a fellows character by the way he eats jelly...

You can tell a lot about a fellows character by the way he eats jelly...

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...

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many...

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many...

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...

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run...

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run...

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and dont interfere

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and dont interfere

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always...

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always...

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.

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...

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...

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't...

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't...

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.

It (Unemployment Insurance) provides prepaid vacations for a segment of our country which has made...

It (Unemployment Insurance) provides prepaid vacations for a segment of our country which has made...

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by...

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is...

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?