Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganRead
I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.
Interpretation
Government should have limitations to ensure the freedom of individuals.
This quote by Ronald Reagan emphasizes the relationship between government power and individual liberty. It suggests that as the government grows and takes on more authority, the freedoms of the people diminish, akin to physiological laws that govern the universe. In essence, a limited government is fundamental to preserving personal freedoms.
In practice
In a political debate about the role of government in economic affairs.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.
I'm spending more time at this library in four days than I did at the Eureka College Library in four years.
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my own values and beliefs. My candidacy is based on my record, and for that matter, my entire life.
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might. Let history say of us: "These were golden years - when the American Revolution was reborn, when freedom gained new life, and America reached for her best."
We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.
All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not get killed. That's why the great forces of history can be manipulated by astonishingly small groups of determined people.
The Sudanese government has been playing games with the world, with the Africa Union, in particular, have been playing for time in order to conclude its mission of ethnic cleansing in the Sudan.
Representative democracy is a remarkably blunt instrument. Hundreds of issues are bundled together at every election, yet the vote tends to swing on just one or two of them.
It is time we had democratic socialism for working families, not just Wall Street billionaires.
A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.
There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.
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