Ronald Reagan Quotes About Libertarianism

• 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

  Freedom, Military, Moving

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

• Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

  Ronald Reagan

  Business, Government, Presidential

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.419, Simon and Schuster

• f you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals - if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

  Ronald Reagan

  Believe, Heart, Thinking

  "Reason" Magazine, July 1, 1975.

• The very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.

  Ronald Reagan

  Heart, Soul, Libertarian

  Reason magazine, July 1, 1975.

• As government expands, liberty contracts.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Political, Liberty

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

• The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Desire, Libertarian

  "Reason" Magazine, July 1, 1975.

• Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Liberty, Libertarian

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