The government's 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.

—Ronald Reagan

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About Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his...

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Trust, but verify.

—Ronald Reagan

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

—Ronald Reagan

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us.

—Ronald Reagan

He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

—Ronald Reagan

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

—Ronald Reagan

More quotations tagged with “taxes”

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.

—John Maynard Keynes

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

—H. L. Mencken

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

—Albert Einstein

History

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