It does require, however, our best effort, and our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds; to believe that together with Gods help we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us.And after all, why shouldnt we believe that? Ronald Reagan knew what a true leader should do, so he did his best to keep up with his own standards. So, upon reflection Ive made this a little clearer. And that is a good thing, because Reagan got more things right than most of them did. If it keeps moving, regulate it. A few key points are: Government creates unpredictability due to constantly changing policies. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. If the former U.S. President wanted to be clear on something, it was the fact that the Government should protect its people. Ive found this invariably brings out the best in people. Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. The idea of this page is to clarify what he actually said in context vs. the meme version. With this ideology, he wanted to create and organize a government of the right size for its people, where both could work in harmony to overcome the crisis. All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. We hear much of special interest groups. President Ronald Reagan certainly didn't. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the states or to the people.All of us -- all of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the states; the states created the Federal Government.Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, its not my intention to do away with government. And this is why empires fall eventually. Ronald Reagan The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay that price.It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of Government.It is time for us to realize that we are too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. The deliberate betrayal of its trust by the Republican party, the fatal incapacity of the Democratic party to deal with the new issues of the new time, have compelled the people to forge a new instrument of government through which to give effect to their will in laws and institutions. I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. He was a great orator who spoke truth to the masses just as they wanted to hear but history, just like it does with every politician, has exposed his great lie. We didnt pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us. There are no easy answers but there are simple answers. Votes: 2 Ronald Reagan No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? Now almost two decades since he died at 93, things he said are far better remembered than the things critics said about him. Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. What does it mean whether you hold the deed or the title to your business or property if the government holds the power of life and death over that business or property? ThoughtCo, Apr. I had the pleasure of meeting Reagan three timesonce during his 1980 campaign, then during my own (for U.S. Congress) in 1982, and then for lunch with a small group at the White House in 1987. Up until then, it seemed as though freedom was losing every battle, everywhere. Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker ONeill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens:To a few of us here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. If it keeps moving, regulate it. Todaypeople often treat the quote as if it applied to any issue of government, but Reagan didnt say it that way, and Reagan didnt govern that way. Votes: 2, Government exists to protect us from each other. Rosenberg, Jennifer. Unlike many US presidents, Ronald Reagan understood there was no loftier achievement for any society than freedom. Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer. Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people. Reagan may have been for a limitedgovernment, buthe was not anti-government.. Putting America back to work means putting all Americans back to work. Directly in front of me, the monument to a monumental man. Ronald Reagan quote: Government is not a solution to our problem We will maintain sufficient strength to prevail if need be, knowing that if we do so, we have the best chance of never having to use that strength.Above all we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. Yes, he was an actor, but I believe his character was the real source of so much good in him, including the sincerity he exuded and the faith in free people he so eloquently and repeatedly expressed. I have always thought of government as a kind of organism with an insatiable appetite for money, whose natural state is to grow forever unless you do something to starve it. The nicest thing a girl ever did for me was when a girl named Nancy married me and brought a warmth and joy to my life that has grown with each passing year.