Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary if the government takes it and spends it the way it wants to?

Quote by Ronald Reagan

Topics: Government Quotes

Trust, but verify.

Trust, but verify.

I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting no.

I consider all proposals for government action with an open mind before voting no.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as...

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...

Facts are stupid things.

Facts are stupid things.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And...

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And...

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, What greater service we could render...

Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, What greater service we could render...

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 is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end...

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end...

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under...

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under...

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...

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...

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere

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...

Its difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isnt...

Its difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isnt...

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...

Money can't buy happiness but it will get you a better class of memories.

Money can't buy happiness but it will get you a better class of memories.

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money...

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money...

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff...

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff...