Ronald Reagan said "We the people tell the Government what it can do, and it can do only those things listed in that document and no others." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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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Republican · California

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Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the State of the Union

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