You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down–up to a man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order–or down to the ant heap totalitarianism, and regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.
Ronald Reagan 10-27-64

The…inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Ronald Reagan 11-14-74

Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work – work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.
President Ronald Reagan 1-20-81

Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this Nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility to care for one another, rather than leaving those tasks to paid bureaucrats?
President Ronald Reagan 3-26-82

There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time – that the ten most dangerous words in the English language are “Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.”
President Ronald Reagan 7-28-88

In an ironic sense, Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order are conflicting directly with those of the political order. But the crisis is happening not in the…West, but in the home of Marxism-Leninism, the Soviet Union. It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens. President Ronald Reagan 6-8-82

Well, that was true 27 years ago.

You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down–up to a man's age-old dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order–or down to the ant heap totalitarianism, and regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.
Ronald Reagan 10-27-64

The…inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Ronald Reagan 11-14-74

Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work – work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.
President Ronald Reagan 1-20-81

Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this Nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility to care for one another, rather than leaving those tasks to paid bureaucrats?
President Ronald Reagan 3-26-82

There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time – that the ten most dangerous words in the English language are “Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.”
President Ronald Reagan 7-28-88

In an ironic sense, Karl Marx was right. We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order are conflicting directly with those of the political order. But the crisis is happening not in the…West, but in the home of Marxism-Leninism, the Soviet Union. It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens. President Ronald Reagan 6-8-82

Well, that was true 27 years ago.