{"id":4041,"date":"2020-08-12T06:39:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2020-08-10T23:13:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T03:13:47","slug":"10-of-ronald-reagans-quotes-on-big-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4041","title":{"rendered":"10 of Ronald Reagan\u2019s quotes on Big Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ronald_Reagan-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ronald_Reagan-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ronald_Reagan-1.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Government is like a big baby \u2013 an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\"> s<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">ense of responsibility at the other. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Government\u2019s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving; regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Either you will control your government, or government will control you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">We are a nation that has a government \u2013 not the other way around\u2026. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of haven grown beyond the consent of the governed. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Status quo, you know, that is Latin for \u201cthe mess we\u2019re in.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill. And when government does it for 40 years, the bill comes in two ways: higher taxes and inflation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Man is not free unless government is limited. There\u2019s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics. As government expands, liberty contracts. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">The best view of big government is in the rear view mirror as we leave it behind.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government is like a big baby \u2013 an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. Government\u2019s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving; regulate it. 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