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Limited government14 quotes
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. — Ronald Reagan · 1981The best government is that which governs least. — John L. O'Sullivan · 1837The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away. — Barry Goldwater · 1964My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. — Grover Norquist · 2001We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed. — Ronald Reagan · 1981I have spoken of a Thousand Points of Light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes leading, sometimes being led. — George H.W. Bush · 1989All 14 quotes →Political theory9 quotes
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. — Ronald Reagan · 1981The best government is that which governs least. — John L. O'Sullivan · 1837The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away. — Barry Goldwater · 1964My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. — Grover Norquist · 2001A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. — Gerald Ford · 1960I heartily accept the motto,—"That government is best which governs least";... Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which I also believe,—"That government is best which governs not at all." — Henry David Thoreau · 1848All 9 quotes →Government5 quotes
The best government is that which governs least. — John L. O'Sullivan · 1837The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away. — Barry Goldwater · 1964A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. — Gerald Ford · 1960Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: "We the People." "We the People" tell the government what to do; it doesn't tell us."We the People" are the driver; the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's 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 · 1989And I hope we have once again 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 · 1989Politics4 quotes
The best government is that which governs least. — John L. O'Sullivan · 1837The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away. — Barry Goldwater · 1964A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. — Gerald Ford · 1960And I hope we have once again 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 · 1989American politics3 quotes
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. — Ronald Reagan · 1981We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed. — Ronald Reagan · 1981Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: "We the People." "We the People" tell the government what to do; it doesn't tell us."We the People" are the driver; the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's 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 · 1989American Revolution1 quote
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: "We the People." "We the People" tell the government what to do; it doesn't tell us."We the People" are the driver; the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's 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 · 1989Anarchism1 quote
I heartily accept the motto,—"That government is best which governs least";... Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which I also believe,—"That government is best which governs not at all." — Henry David Thoreau · 1848Citizen and state1 quote
We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed. — Ronald Reagan · 1981Conservatism1 quote
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. — Gerald Ford · 1960Freedom1 quote
And I hope we have once again 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 · 1989Government spending1 quote
My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. — Grover Norquist · 2001Role of government1 quote
The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away. — Barry Goldwater · 1964Subsidiarity1 quote
I have spoken of a Thousand Points of Light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes leading, sometimes being led. — George H.W. Bush · 1989Taxes1 quote
No more revenue ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray the expenses of a wise, economical, and efficient administration of the Government. — James Buchanan · 1857