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" Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. "
Ronald Reagan
Own
Possible
Purpose
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" Man is not free unless government is limited. "
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Free
Freedom
Man
" If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement. "
Ronald Reagan
Waiting
Environmental
Government
" Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. "
Ronald Reagan
Go
Standards
Tough
" Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. "
Ronald Reagan
Yours
Lose
Job
" Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. "
Ronald Reagan
Problems
Them
Only
" No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! "
Ronald Reagan
Life
Disappear
Earth
" Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. "
Ronald Reagan
You
Know
Mess
" Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. "
Ronald Reagan
Rights
Us
Government
" My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out. "
Ronald Reagan
Work
Goal
Life
" Poland is not East or West. Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mightily to that civilization. It is doing so today by being magnificently unreconciled to oppression. "
Ronald Reagan
Today
Oppression
Doing
" 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
Us
Beyond
Government
" They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. "
Ronald Reagan
Say
World
Simple
" One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. "
Ronald Reagan
Sure
Way
Crime
" The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil. "
Ronald Reagan
Hope
Leadership
Good
" Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. "
Ronald Reagan
Democracy
Worth
Dying
" I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. "
Ronald Reagan
World
Peace
Great
" Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face. "
Ronald Reagan
Bible
Face
Men
" I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: 'This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.' Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom. "
Ronald Reagan
Yes
Faith
Fall
" Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. "
Ronald Reagan
Government
You
Better
" I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon. "
Ronald Reagan
Coffee
Drink
Find
" Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. "
Ronald Reagan
Enemy
Been
Power
" Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. "
Ronald Reagan
Endure
Democracy
God
" My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes. "
Ronald Reagan
Tell
You
Forever
" All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. "
Ronald Reagan
Nuclear Power
Plant
Desk
" Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. "
Ronald Reagan
Age
Information
Modern
" People do not make wars; governments do. "
Ronald Reagan
People
Wars
Make
" You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. "
Ronald Reagan
Way
Character
Eating
" We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free. "
Ronald Reagan
Will
Proud
Free
" It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. "
Ronald Reagan
I Have Learned
Said
Politics
" A people free to choose will always choose peace. "
Ronald Reagan
Peace
Free
People