Iso, since we are bashing governments, I though I'd share some of my favorite President Reagan quotes. :)
Regards
Frank P.
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When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.
Republican National Convention, 1992.
[N]o arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981.
Cures were developed for which there were no known diseases.
Commenting on Congress and the federal budget, 1981
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefitting from their success -- only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive, and free. Trust the people. This is the one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development.
September 29, 1981
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.
Address to the National Alliance of Business, October 5, 1981
Government has an important role in helping develop a country's economic foundation. But the critical test is whether government is genuinely working to liberate individuals by creating incentives to work, save, invest, and succeed.
October 30, 1981
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.
Address to National Association of Realtors, March 28, 1982
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history.... [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which will leave Marxism- Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people.
Speech to Britain's Parliament, 1982
There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits on the human capacity for intelligence, imagination and wonder.
Address to the University of South Carolina, Columbia, September 20, 1983
[G]overnment'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.
Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business, August 15, 1986
The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket.
Remarks at Human Rights Day event, December 10, 1986
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.
Remarks in Arlington, Virginia, September 25, 1987
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.
February 11, 1988
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
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Republicans believe every day is 4th of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.
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