On the recordJanuary 26, 1987
We the people tell the Government what it can do, and it can do only those things listed in that document and no others.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRonald Reagan: “We the people tell the Government what it can do, and it can do only those things listed in that document and no others.”
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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union
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