"Government must not supersede the will of..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
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“There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess?”
“An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.”
“The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves”
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“Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there was it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away.”
“Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?”
“If you love a person, you say to that person, "Look, I love you, whatever that may be. I've seen quite a bit of it and I know there's lots that I haven't seen, but still it's you and I want you to be what you want to be. And I won't be happy if I've got you in a cage. You'd be a bird without song."”