We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that we've accomplished. Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Quote by Ronald Reagan

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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 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...

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to...

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is 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

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If...

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If...

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...

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If...

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If...

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...

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people

Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people

Facts are stupid things.

Facts are stupid things.

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...

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...

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and...

Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and...