"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
-Ronald Reagan
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"Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.“
-Ronald Reagan
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"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."
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"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."
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"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
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"We are never defeated unless we give up on God."
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"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
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"Every country has the government it deserves."
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"Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy."
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"What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long."
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"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
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"Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all."
-Rosa Luxemburg
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