Almost all the worlds' 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 ReaganThe basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...
Ronald ReaganMay each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here.
Ronald ReaganAll systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital -- ancient king, dictator, or private individual. We should properly be looking at the contrast between a free market system where individuals have the right to live like kings if they have the ability to earn that right and government control of the market system such as we find today in socialist nations.
Ronald Reagan