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“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: freedom-of-choice, government, inspirational, political-philosophy, politics

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#2

“I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: growing-older, humor, napping, politics

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#3

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: government-programs, scope-of-government

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#4

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: freedom, inspirational, personal-freedom

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#5

“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: accomplishment, achievement, inspirational, misattributed, modesty, recognition

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#6

“Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: patriotism, taxation

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#7

“Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: christmas, secular, separation-of-church-and-state

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#8

“I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: inspirational

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#9

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: leadership

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#10

“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#11

“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: communism, politics

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#12

“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#13

“Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: political-philosophy, scope-of-government

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#14

“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: advice-for-daily-living

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#15

“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.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: deficit-spending, fiscal-policy, national-debt, political-philosophy, scope-of-government

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#16

“Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: inspirational, latin, politics

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#17

“I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: liberty, limited-government, scope-of-government

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#18

“To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#19

“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: bravery, heroes

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#20

“When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#21

“Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: liberty, scope-of-government

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#22

“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#23

“America is too great for small dreams.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: inspirational

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#24

“A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#25

“Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#26

“The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: political, scope-of-government

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#27

“Don't be afraid to see what you see.”
― Ronald Reagan

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#28

“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: peace, war

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#29

“I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.”
― Ronald Reagan

tags: labels, politics

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#30

“Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
― Ronald Reagan

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