Quotes about govern
government citizens return
The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant demeans and humiliates him. Ronald Reagan
government years trying
Those who advocate more and more government regulation have been experimenting for 40 years, trying to create an economic system in which everyone can somehow be made more prosperous by the toil of someone else. Ronald Reagan
government done poverty
Free enterprise has done more to reduce poverty than all the government programs dreamed up by Democrats. Ronald Reagan
government taxpayers ends
We are going to put an end to the notion that the American taxpayer exists to fund the Federal Government. Ronald Reagan
government decision stronger
Every dollar the federal government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us, will make our economy stronger, our lives more abundant, our future more free. Ronald Reagan
government three unemployment
For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the more the planners plan. Ronald Reagan
government answers problem
Government is not the answer to the problem - it IS the problem. Ronald Reagan
government actors politics
You know, it was only a generation ago that actors couldn't be buried in the churchyard. Ronald Reagan
government promise politics
There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around. Ronald Reagan
government doctors dollars
I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar. Ronald Reagan
government politics too-much
I don't have too much time for fiction. Ronald Reagan
government administration politics
This administration is totally colorblind. Ronald Reagan
government curiosity intellectual
Why should the government subsidize intellectual curiosity? Ronald Reagan
government people world
Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which We the People tell the government what it is allowed to do. We the People are free. Ronald Reagan
government facts knows
I know I'm not in government anymore. In fact I'm out of work. Ronald Reagan
government definitions criticize
There was a time when a willingness to criticize one's own government when it was wrong was the very definition of patriotism. Ron Paul
government law people
What you are inferring is, If we were to legalise heroin tomorrow everybody would use heroin. How many people here would start using heroin? I bet nobody would. Oh yeah, I need the government to take care of me. I don't want to use heroin, so I need these laws. Ron Paul
government bottles american-voters
American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington. Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers. ...The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard. Ron Paul
government income leviathan
Income taxes are responsible for the transformation of the Federal government from one of limited powers into a vast leviathan whose tentacles reach into almost every aspect of American life. Ron Paul
government house secret
The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable cause. Today the government operates largely in secret, while seeking to know everything about our private lives - without probable cause and without a warrant. Ron Paul
government libertarian patriot
It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot Ron Paul
government liberty warfare
All branches of our government today are controlled by individuals who use their power to undermine liberty and enhance the welfare/warfare state-and frequently their own wealth and power, Ron Paul
government bottles whiskey
The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard. Ron Paul
government authority evidence
...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service. Ron Paul
government hands safe
Your money has never been safe in the government's hands, and it never will be. Governments spend money; it's just their nature. Ron Paul
government office liberty
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty. Ron Paul
government republican bigs
Big government flourishes under Republicans. Ron Paul
government america political
Both sides of the political spectrum must one day realize that limitless government intrusion in the economy, in our personal lives, and in the affairs of other nations cannot serve the best interests of America. Ron Paul
government tyrants effort
But whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism. Ron Paul
government speaks-out nsa
The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing. We should be thankful for individuals like Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald who see injustice being carried out by their own government and speak out, despite the risk. They have done a great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret. Ron Paul
government people suffering
Government spending is always a “tax” burden on the American people and is never equally or fairly distributed. The poor and low-middle income workers always suffer the most from the deceitful tax of inflation and borrowing. Ron Paul
government independence spirit
I hope every person who reads or hears this will take the time to go back and read the Declaration of Independence. Only by recapturing the spirit of independence can we ensure our government never resembles the one from which the American States declared their separation. Ron Paul
government income irs
The theory of the IRS is rather repugnant to me because the assumption is made that I, the government, owns 100% of your income and I permit you to keep 5%, 10% or 20%. You're vulnerable, you've sold out. The government can take 80% if they want, which they did at one time. Ron Paul