#gov

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#first #government #lives #people #protect

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#little #much #people #problem #spends

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#only #problems #rearrange #solve #tend

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

#economy #few #government #keeps #moves

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#government #problems #solve #subsidizes #them

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

#baby #big #canal #end #government

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#deeply #democracy #devised #dying #ever

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#civil #civil service #examination #federal #federal government

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#finds #gets #government #money #need

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#basically #even #excuse #existing #government