Government exists to protect us from each other. Where gover... - Ronald Reagan
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
"We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."
"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'."
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."