The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.
Ronald ReaganThe . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Ronald ReaganWe in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.
Ronald Reagan