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

Quote by Ronald Reagan

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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...

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...

Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a...

Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a...

Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying...

Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying...

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,...

I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.

I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.

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?

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles...

It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles...

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom...

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom...

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of...

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of...

Our whole system of government is based on We the people, but if we the...

Our whole system of government is based on We the people, but if we the...

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...

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...

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either...

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either...

We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment,...

We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment,...

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders...

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders...

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put...

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put...

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage...

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage...

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military...

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military...